Iran’s judiciary says Iranian-German dissident Jamshid Sharmahd died earlier than state media reported his execution late final month.
Judiciary Information Company stated on October 28 that Samad had been “punished for his actions.”
“His sentence was able to be carried out, however he died earlier than it might be carried out,” judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangir informed reporters on Tuesday. He gave no additional particulars.
There was no instant remark from Germany after Shamahad’s daughter Ghazelle demanded proof of Shamahad’s execution.
German Overseas Minister Annalena Berbock ordered the closure of all three Iranian consulates in Germany and final week recalled Germany’s ambassador to Tehran in response to what she condemned because the “cold-blooded homicide” of Shamahed.
Jahangir dismissed Germany’s protest at a information convention on Tuesday, insisting that Iran’s judicial system was an “impartial establishment” and “doesn’t permit any overseas interference in judicial issues.”
He additionally stated that Samad, who lives in the USA, “will likely be tried as an Iranian for the terrorist acts he dedicated.”
On Sunday, Samad’s household stated they have been awaiting affirmation from Germany and the USA about what had occurred to him.
His daughter stated: “Please be aware that we are going to not settle for condolences till we obtain proof from the German and American authorities relating to the homicide of my father Jimmy Samad and the circumstances surrounding it” Gazelle Sharmahd wrote on.
“We don’t consider the empty phrases of terrorists or complicit governments, and neither do you have to.”
Iranian authorities accuse the 69-year-old journalist and activist of being the chief of a terrorist group known as Tondar and of masterminding quite a few assaults in Iran, together with the 2008 bombing of a mosque in Shiraz that killed 14 folks.
Tondar, which suggests “thunder” in Persian, is the nickname of the Majlis-e-Murderer of Iran (KAI), a little-known American opposition group that seeks to revive the monarchy that was overthrown within the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Samad stated he was solely a spokesman for Tondar and denied involvement within the assault.
His household believes he was kidnapped by Iranian brokers in Dubai in July 2020 whereas he was ready for a connecting flight to India, after which forcibly taken to Iran through Oman.
The next month, Iran’s intelligence ministry introduced that Shamahad had been arrested after a “advanced operation” however gave no particulars. It additionally launched a video wherein he seems to confess to varied crimes whereas blindfolded.
Iran’s judiciary additionally introduced on Tuesday {that a} courtroom within the northwestern metropolis of Orumiyeh sentenced three folks to dying for his or her involvement within the 2020 assassination of Iran’s high nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
Fakhrizadeh was killed close to Tehran by a remote-controlled weapon, which Iran blamed Israel.
Jahangir stated the three have been accused of “espionage for the Israeli occupation regime” and “delivering gear to Iran to assassinate martyr Fakhrizadeh underneath the guise of smuggling alcoholic drinks.”
