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The Islamic Republic was founded on two main pillars: execution and repression. Through executions, the regime aims to project its strength and compel the Iranian society and its true opposition to submit to its authority,
Whenever the regime faces escalating political, social, and economic issues that weaken it, there tends to be an increase in executions. This is based on the belief that executing individuals can help the regime address its problems and reinforce its authority,
The Islamic Republic understands no language of peace or diplomacy, ... Their language is that of hostage-taking, execution, assassination and murder.
This must have immediate and unmistakable grave consequences for them now,
she wrote of Iran, which she described as executing her father 'apparently for retaliation of Israeli strikes on the regime The entire process, including his arrest, conviction, and execution, constitutes a serious violation of international law,
said Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, director of the Norway-based Iran Human Rights group The unlawful abduction of Sharmahd, his subsequent torture in custody, the unfair show trial and today’s execution are exemplary of the countless crimes of the Iranian regime.”
The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights said There were some voices who wanted to wait and see how the regime would develop after Pezeshkian’s election,
Jamshid Sharmahd was kidnapped in the United Arab Emirates and unlawfully transferred to Iran, where he was sentenced to death without a fair trial,
said Amiry-Moghaddam, whose group closely tracks executions in Iran This underlines the fact that no one is safe under the new government either,
she said in reference to the administration of president Masoud Pezeshkian, who was inaugurated in July He's forced to confessions about crimes he did not commit,
Gazelle Sharmahd told "60 Minutes" recently The killing of Jamshid Sharmahd shows once again what kind of inhumane regime rules in Tehran: a regime that uses death against its youth, its own population and foreign nationals,
said FM Annalena Baerbock It is another sign of the weakness of the government, which does not allow justice, because Jamshid Sharmahd was denied a proper trial with an independent defence,
Wolfgang Kaleck, ECCHR’s secretary-general, said in a statement After going through the judicial process and the final approval of the court decision by the Supreme Court, the death sentence of Jamshid Sharmahd … was carried out this morning,
the news site Mizan said on Monday We are receiving reports that the Islamic Republic of Iran has carried out the death sentence against U.S. Legal Permanent Resident and Californian Jamshid Sharmahd."
Jason Poblete, the attorney for Jamshid Sharmahd, wrote on X The explosion of a bomb or any explosion carried out by opposition elements, be they internal or foreign, is ruled out. The blast was caused by some munitions used in an exhibition for the [Iran-Iraq War] martyrs in the mosque."
However, ... the regime-controlled media outlet Fars News quoted the Iranian National Security Council in 2008 as saying My dad chose the United States as his home, worked hard, followed all the rules, belongs to a family of four generations around him of U.S. citizenship, lived here for 20 years as a tax-paying, law-abiding resident and would already have his citizenship if it wasn’t for the terrorists and qualifies as a U.S. national under the Levinson law."
She told Fox News Digital in August, 2023 Since July 2020, the Iranian authorities have been subjecting him to enforced disappearance, torture and other ill-treatment, including through prolonged solitary confinement and denial of adequate health care."
The British human rights group added If the world remains silent again, more innocent Iranian prisoners will be killed. The global community must unite against this terrorist regime – Germany and other European nations should expel Iranian diplomats, close the Islamic Republic of Iran's embassies that act as terror safe houses, and declare the IRGC a terrorist organization. The U.S. must also use every tool at its disposal to pressure Iran into halting these executions."
Without a doubt, the divine promise regarding the supporters of terrorism will be fulfilled, and this is a definite promise."
Announcing his execution, the Iranian judiciary said Some deeply upsetting news: #Iran regime media is reporting that Jamshid Sharmahd, a German citizen who has lived in the U.S. for years, has been executed by the Islamic Republic. This sets a chilling precedent that the Islamic Republic can kidnap a Western national and then murder them. Shades of Tehran's execution of Habib Chaab. There better be a decisive response from Berlin and Washington here."
Jason Brodsky of United Against Nuclear Iran said on X