BRUSSELS, Jan 15 EU diplomat Josep Borrell condemned the execution Iranian-British citizen sentenced in Iran to capital punishment for espionage.
Iranian media reported on Saturday that the Iranian authorities carried out the death sentence against Alireza Akbari, a dual-citizen ex-deputy defense minister who was previously sentenced to death for spying for the British intelligence services.
«The EU condemns in the strongest terms the execution in Iran of Iranian-British citizen Alireza Akbari and reiterates its opposition to such a punishment under any circumstances,» Borrell said in a written statement.
He also called on the Iranian authorities to refrain from carrying out executions in the future and to pursue a policy aimed at abandoning such a punishment.