Alireza Akbari, who was sentenced to death for allegedly spying for MI6, gave reports on Iran’s nuclear programme, he says in TV interview
In the interview, Akbari said: “They wanted to know about high-ranking officials depending on the major developments … for example [a British agent] asked me whether Fakhrizadeh could be involved in such and such projects, and I said why not.”
It was alleged he had three different M16 handlers over five years, but his friends said the people were in reality an estate agent, an immigration lawyer and an education admissions adviser. She said that if the UK diplomatic mission “can have no meaningful effect, remaining there sends the message that we support a continued relationship with the Iranian regime, and we have to question whether we wish to send that message”. She also called for the expulsion of the Iranian chargé d’affaires, if the execution is carried out.
The UK government, in parallel with the EU, has been examining the legal and diplomatic implications of such a move for months, and is reported to believe there is enough evidence of IRGC terrorism to justify the move.
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