Foreign Minister Baerbock on the Execution of Jamshid Sharmahd in Iran

Germany – Federal Foreign Office, October 28, 2024

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock issued the following statement on the execution of Jamshid Sharmahd in Iran today (28 October 2024):

I condemn the murder of Jamshid Sharmahd by the Iranian regime in the strongest possible terms. Jamshid Sharmahd was abducted to Iran from Dubai, held for years without a fair trial and has now been killed.

The very worst has come to pass for his family today. I would like to offer my most profound sympathy to his family, with whom we were and continue to be in the very closest contact, for this terrible loss.

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