Iran executes Iranian German dissident

Iran's state media reported Monday that authorities have executed Iranian German dissident Jamshid Sharmahd after convicting him on terrorism charges.  Sharmahd, an Iranian German dual citizen and opposition figure, was accused of masterminding a deadly 2008 bombing of a mosque in Shiraz. His family strongly denied the charges.  Sharmahd, 68, had been living in the United States, where he served as the spokesperson for Tondar, a group that aims to restore the Western-backed monarchy that ruled Iran before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.   Sharmahd’s family says Iranian authorities kidnapped him during a stopover in Dubai in 2020.   He was given the death penalty for “corruption on Earth.”  Some information was provided by Reuters and AFP.