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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Patrick Wintour

German-Iranian man facing death sentence on terror charges mounts final defence

Jamshid Sharmahd is accused of playing a role in a 2008 terror attack on a mosque in Shiraz.
Jamshid Sharmahd is accused of playing a role in a 2008 terror attack on a mosque in Shiraz. Photograph: Koosha Mahshid Falahi/MIZAN NEWS AGENCY/AFP/Getty Images

A German-Iranian political scientist – the victim of a kidnapping by the Iranian secret service – has mounted a last ditch defence against multiple charges of terrorism in a Tehran court.

Jamshid Sharmahd is expected to be sentenced later, possibly to death, after a government appointed lawyer has given his defence. His own lawyers have not been allowed to represent him, but Sharmahd insisted he was not guilty.

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