Iranian German Jamshid Sharmahd died before Tehran executed him, Iranian official claims — contradicting the country’s announcement he had been put to death.

An Iranian official has claimed that Iranian-German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd died before Tehran execute him — directly contradicting the country’s earlier announcement he had been put to death

Iran’s judiciary has said Iranian-German dissident Jamshid Sharmahd died before his execution was reported by state media late last month. The judiciary’s news agency said on 28 October that Sharmahd - who was sentenced to death on the charge of "corruption on Earth” in 2023 following a trial that human rights groups said was grossly unfair - had been “punished for his actions”.

The Iranian judiciary has given a new explanation for the death of German-Iranian citizen Jamshid Sharmahd, saying that he was not executed but died before his death sentence was carried out. "Jamshid Sharmahd was sentenced to death and the sentence was set to be carried out,