German citizen's execution by Iran 'extrajudicial killing of hostage': NGO

Iranian authorities on Monday executed Sharmahd, detained since 2020 on charges of "corruption on earth", the judiciary's Mizan website said. His family have long maintained that Sharmahd, a German citizen of Iranian descent, was entirely innocent and was seized by Iranian authorities in August 2020 while travelling through the United Arab Emirates. "The execution of Jamshid Sharmahd is a case of extrajudicial killing of a hostage aimed at covering up the recent failures of the hostage-takers...