Daughter of Jamshid Sharmahd says family let down by US and German governments’ failure to save him
Germany has recalled its ambassador to Tehran and summoned the Iranian charge d’affaires in Berlin in protest over theHis daughter, Gazelle Sharmahd, who had pressed the German and US governments hard to save him, said she and her brother felt let down by the failure of both governments to do more. Sharmahd was executed on Monday.
Scholz called Sharmahd’s execution a “scandal” and the German foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock , threatened Iran’s “inhumane regime” with “serious consequences”. The EU head of foreign affairs, Josep Borrell, also condemned the execution and said the EU would consider its response. “Relations with Iran should be put to the test in view of the state-sponsored killing of a German citizen,” Merz said. “The Iranian ambassador must be expelled.” Merz has long campaigned for Sharmahd’s release.
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