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Alireza Akbari’s sister and daughter went to cemetery to collect his remains but were told he had already been interred

The family has also been told the burial took place last week.

MPs were told doubt has been cast on the timing of his death - and that his corpse could be "destroyed" unless his family cooperated with Iranian authorities

Lord Simon McDonald’s comments follow Alireza Akbari’s execution on Saturday morning

The European Union joined on Sunday the widespread Western condemnation of Iran’s execution of Iranian-British national Alireza Akbari. “The European Union condemns in the strongest terms the execution in Iran of Iranian-British national Alireza Akbari and recalls yet again its strong opposition against the application of capital punishment in any…

Party say the group now also poses a growing threat on British soil

The call from shadow ministers comes after British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari was executed by Tehran.

Newspaper editor calls for UK agents to be named, despite zero evidence British-Iranian dual national was a spy

Alireza Akbari, who was allegedly tortured to force a confession, was executed on Saturday following accusations that he was an MI6 spy

The execution of the former deputy defence minister has led to a backlash from the UK, where he had held citizenship.

UK and EU expected to coordinate response to execution of British-Iranian accused of spying