Iranian-German dissident Jamshid Sharmahd, accused of terrorism by Iran and sentenced to death on Feb. 21, 2023, photographed on Feb. 6, 2022, during his trial in Tehran. (Credit: Koosha Mahshid Falahi/Mizan News Agency/AFP)
A few days after the Israeli strikes, on Oct. 28, Iran executed German-Iranian dissident Jamshid Sharmahd, after the supreme court sentenced him to death for his alleged involvement in the 2008 attack on a mosque, which killed 14 people. On the same day, Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was finally hospitalized with severe health issues, after the Iranian authorities had denied her medical care for months. While the case points to the Iranian regime’s intransigence towards its opponents at home and abroad, Sharmahd’s daughter interpreted her father’s execution as retaliation for the Israeli strikes on the regime, which raise fears of a possible return to hostage diplomacy. Eric Lob, specialist on Iranian affairs and professor of International Relations at Florida International University, comments to...
A few days after the Israeli strikes, on Oct. 28, Iran executed German-Iranian dissident Jamshid Sharmahd, after the supreme court sentenced him to death for his alleged involvement in the 2008 attack on a mosque, which killed 14 people. On the same day, Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was finally hospitalized with severe health issues, after the Iranian authorities had denied her medical care for months. While the case points to the Iranian regime’s intransigence towards its opponents at home and abroad, Sharmahd’s daughter interpreted her father’s execution as retaliation for the Israeli strikes on the regime, which raise fears of a possible return to hostage diplomacy. Eric Lob, specialist on Iranian affairs and professor of International Relations at Florida International University, comments...