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Al Jazeera
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Maziar Motamedi

Iran Supreme Court upholds Iranian-German man’s death sentence

Jamshid Sharmahd is accused by the Iranian government of being a leader of the US-based 'Tondar terrorist group' behind a deadly attack in Iran in 2008 [File: Koosha Mahshid Falahi/AFP]

Tehran, Iran – Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for Iranian-German dual national Jamshid Sharmahd on charges of “corruption on earth”.

The court upheld a previous conviction against Sharmahd, issued by a lower court in February, for heading a pro-monarchist group accused of planning attacks across Iran, according to the judiciary’s official news website.

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