Protesters gather at Marble Arch in London before they march to Trafalgar Square to protest against the Islamic Republic in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, on January 8, 2023
THE execution of an Iranian-British citizen by Iran’s government on charges of spying for Britain’s foreign intelligence service MI6 was roundly condemned today.
Alireza Akbar, Iran’s deputy minister for defence from 1997 to 2002, was hanged by the Iranian government after he was accused of spying, Iranian state media said.
He was accused of working with British spies and receiving cash and other benefits from MI6 including a British passport, Iranian state media, the Tasnim news agency, said.
MOHAMMAD OMIDVAR, a senior figure in the Tudeh Party of Iran, tells the Morning Star that mass protests are rooted in poverty, corruption and neoliberal rule and warns against monarchist revival and US-engineered regime change
The Islamic Republic is attempting to deflect from its own failures with a scapegoating campaign against vulnerable and impoverished migrants, writes JAMSHID AHMADI
