23 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Iranian authorities have defended this Thursday the death sentence handed down against Jamshid Sharmahd, a man with dual Iranian and German nationality, and has stressed that “he is a terrorist” who “has received a fair trial.”
The ‘number two’ of the Iranian judicial apparatus for International Affairs, Kazem Qaribabadi, has indicated that Sharmahd “has had a completely fair trial in which his rights have been respected” and added that “he has received a sentence in line with the laws Iranians”.
He has also indicated that the verdict can be appealed and has emphasized that “Sharmahd, who lived in the United States before his arrest, has repeatedly said that he is under FBI protection,” according to the Iranian news agency. Mehr.
Qaribabadi has also criticized Germany for “defending a terrorist and threatening to reach the sentence in international forums.” “The German and American governments must be held accountable for being a safe place for terrorists and giving them security and financial and political support,” she concluded.
The German government ordered on Wednesday the expulsion of two Iranian diplomats in retaliation for the death sentence against Sharmahd, on charges of “corruption on earth” for “planning and ordering the execution of terrorist acts.” The authorities have denounced that he planned 23 attacks, of which five were executed, before insisting that Tondar maintained contacts with the intelligence services of the United States and Israel.
Thus, Iran has assured that Sharmahd, leader of the US-based promonarchical organization Tondar, is behind the explosion in a mosque in the Iranian city of Shiraz in 2008 that killed 14 people and injured some 200. , as well as other attacks perpetrated in the Asian country.
Tondar, which is based in the US city of Los Angeles, is considered the armed wing of an organization called the Assembly of the Kingdom of Iran and seeks to overthrow the current regime to restore the monarchy under a new dynasty.
