British-Iranian national executed

The British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari who was sentenced to death in Iran, has been executed. Mr Akbari's family had been asked to go to his prison for a "final visit" on Wednesday and his wife said he had been moved to solitary confinement.
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Joining Julian Worricker to discuss this and more in the studio in London are Radhika Iyer, London correspondent for the Indian NDTV news channel that broadcasts globally and James Rodgers, reader in international journalism at City University in London and a specialist on Russia and the Soviet Union.

(Photo: Alireza Akbari. Credit: EPA)