Iran hangs Swedish-Iranian dissident convicted of leading an Arab separatist group accused of attacks in 2018 that killed 25 people - state media
Sweden had voiced concern over Chaab's case, and ties with Iran had also been soured over a Swedish court's life-time prison sentence for a former Iranian official for involvement in the mass execution of political prisoners in 1988 in the Islamic Republic.
Three dual nationals - including Chaab - have been sentenced to death or executed over security-related charges since the start of the year, according to the judiciary. In January, Alireza Akbari, a former Iranian official with British citizenship who had been convicted of espionage, was executed . In April, Iran's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd, 67, over his connection with a deadly mosque bombing in 2008.Tehran insists all have gone through a proper judicial process.
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