“Identified one of the most important agents of the British intelligence service in the secret and strategic centers of Iran.
He was arrested after a long and multi-stage counterintelligence operation.
Ali-Reza Akbari became this spy for the British services, ”Tasnim quotes a statement from the Ministry of Information (Intelligence) of the Islamic Republic.
According to intelligence, Akbari had access to some secret state data and passed this information on to the British intelligence services.
It is specified that the ex-head of the department was recruited when he received a visa at the British Embassy in Tehran.
“The hearings (in court. -
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) were held in the presence of the lawyer of the accused.
Based on the evidence in the case, this person was sentenced to death for espionage in favor of England,” Tehran concluded.
Earlier, the Iranian Football Federation denied the information that the former player of the national team Ali Daei was detained and he faces the death penalty.
In December, it became known that former Iranian football player Amir Nasr-Azadani was sentenced to death for participating in popular protests.