Iran has executed British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari, the judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported, after sentencing him to death on charges of spying for Britain. “Alireza Akbari, who was sentenced to death on charges of corruption on earth and extensive action against the country’s internal and external security through espionage for the British government’s intelligence service, is executed,” Mizan said in a tweet on Saturday.

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