Iranian state media reports execution of Alirez Akbari, who had dual citizenship of Iran and the UK. He, according to the BBC, was sentenced to death in this Middle Eastern country..
Akbari's family was asked to go to the prison for a 'last visit' on Wednesday and his wife said he was transferred to solitary confinement.
Iran's ex-deputy defense minister was arrested in 2019 and convicted of spying for Britain, which he denied..
London urges Tehran to stop execution and release him immediately.
Alireza Akbari - Iranian politician who served as Deputy Minister of Defense from 2000 to 2008 under General Ali Shamkhani during the presidency of reformist Mohammad Khatami.
He was arrested in 2019 while traveling to Britain and immediately sentenced to death on charges of spying for the secret intelligence service MI6 without trial..