British Spy: Iran has hanged former Deputy Defense Minister Alireza Akbari, who was spying for Britain. Alireza Akbari was found guilty by the Supreme Court of Iran recently. Official sources in Iran’s court confirmed that Alireza Akbari was hanged on Saturday morning on charges of spying and working against the country’s national security. Alireza Akbari had British citizenship along with Iran.
An Iranian court has said that Alireza Akbari was previously sentenced to death for “damaging the country’s internal and external security by providing intelligence”. Along with this, Akbari is accused of having acted against the internal and external security of the country through the transfer of information related to violating the Islamic code and abroad.
Sent intelligence to Britain
On Wednesday, the Iranian Intelligence Ministry said that Alireza Akbari had penetrated the country’s sensitive strategic centres, collected vital data and fully provided them to Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), also known as MI6. Sent deliberately and secretly.
Akbari was arrested
It was also said that Alireza Akbari, who was fully employed by SIS during his private trips to Europe, was identified after a long and multi-layered process. After this Akbari was arrested. It described Alireza Akbari as one of the most important agents of SIS because of his important position and access to sensitive data.