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14/01/2023 GMT

Iran executes British-Iranian dual national

BBC World Service - Weekend, Iran executes British-Iranian dual national

British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari has been executed, Iranian state media says.

The ex-deputy Iranian defence minister was arrested in 2019 and convicted of spying for the UK, which he denied. 
Authorities are worried about the impact of Chinese lunar new year on Covid. The holiday starts next weekend and cases are high in the country. And is women’s tennis in danger?
 
Joining Julian Worricker to discuss this and more in the studio in London are Radhika Iyer, London correspondent for the Indian NDTV news channel that broadcasts globally and James Rodgers, reader in international journalism at City University in London and a specialist on Russia and the Soviet Union.


(Photo: Alireza Akbari. Credit: Reuters)

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