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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Patrick Wintour

Iranian hardliners urge revenge on UK after Alireza Akbari’s execution

Alireza Akbari
Alireza Akbari was executed on Saturday for allegedly spying on the UK. Photograph: Wana News Agency/Reuters

Iranian hardliners are urging their government to exact revenge on the UK and deliver a blow to its spying network by revealing the true names of the British intelligence agents who supposedly worked with Alireza Akbari, the British-Iranian dual national who was executed on Saturday for allegedly spying for the UK.

The call – made by Hossein Shariatmadari, the editor of the Kayan, the newspaper closest to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) – shows hardliners are intent on a confrontation with Britain over the issue.

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