Iran executed on Saturday a Swedish-Iranian twin nationwide dissident it convicted of masterminding a 2018 assault on a army parade that killed not less than 25 individuals, state tv reported.
Habib Farajollah Chaab had been sentenced to demise for being “corrupt on earth,” a capital offense beneath Iran’s strict legal guidelines.
Iran introduced Chaab to trial in 2022 on fees of main the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz, which seeks a separate state within the oil-rich Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran, and plotting and finishing up “numerous bombings and terrorist operations.”
Iran mentioned in 2020 that its safety forces detained Chaab and took him to Tehran, with out giving particulars of his seize.
Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom reacted with “dismay” to Chaab’s execution, saying his authorities had pleaded with Iran to not carry it out.
“The death penalty is an inhuman and irreversible punishment and Sweden, together with the rest of the EU, condemns its application under all circumstances,” he mentioned.
Sweden had voiced concern over Chaab’s case, and ties with Iran had additionally been soured over a Swedish court docket’s life-time jail sentence for a former Iranian official for involvement within the mass execution of political prisoners in 1988 within the Islamic Republic.
Iran has had tense relations with its ethnic minorities, which embody Arabs, Kurds, Azeris and Baluch, and has accused them of aligning with neighboring nations.
Arabs and different minorities have lengthy complained of dealing with discrimination in Iran, an accusation Tehran denies.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
