![]() In April Iran’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd, 67, for alleged involvement in a deadly mosque bombing in 2008, which he denies. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said his execution was a “callous and cowardly act, carried out by a barbaric regime”. In an audio message to BBC Persian he said he had been tortured and forced to confess on camera to crimes he did not commit. In January Iran executed British-Iranian man Alireza Akbari, 61, after he was convicted of spying for the UK, which he denied. Its judiciary says two other dual-nationals have been sentenced to death or executed on security chares so far this year. Iran has arrested dozens of Iranians with dual nationality or foreign permanent residency in recent years, mostly on spying and national security charges. They alleged that other leaders of the group were based in Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden and the group received financial and logistical support from Saudi Arabia.Įarlier this year regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to restore diplomatic relations, seven years after severing them in a bitter row. ![]() Prosecutors said Chaab had been involved in attacks since 2005 “under the protection of two spy services, including the Mossad and Sapo”, which are Israel and Sweden’s spy agencies. He was convicted of being “corrupt on earth”, a capital offense. Once inside Iran, state TV showed him appearing to admit involvement in the 2018 attack. Iranian officials have not provided details of how Chaab was arrested. The 2018 attack on a military parade in the city of Ahvaz saw gunmen open fire at Revolutionary Guard troops, killing 25 people including soldiers and civilians watching the parade.Ĭhaab was reportedly lured to Istanbul to meet a woman before being kidnapped and smuggled into Iran in an operation said to have been orchestrated by a notorious Turkey-based Iranian crime boss. The oil-rich province has a large Arab minority which has long complained of marginalization and discrimination, which Tehran denies. Iran’s judiciary accused Chaab of leading Harakat al-Nidal, or the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz, which Iran says is a terrorist group behind attacks in the south-west of the country. “The death penalty is an inhuman and irreversible punishment and Sweden, together with the rest of the EU, condemns its application under all circumstances,” he said. Sweden’s Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said his government had urged Iran not to execute Chaab. He had been living in exile in Sweden for a decade when he was abducted by Iranian agents in Turkey in 2020. Habib Chaab was a founder of a separatist group calling for independence for ethnic Arabs in Iran’s south-western Khuzestan province. The comic also cameos in the forthcoming film adaptation of the off-Broadway musical Tomorrow Morning, playing the father of Ramin Karimloo's character's father, alongside Samantha Barks and Joan Collins.Iran has executed a Swedish-Iranian man accused of being behind a deadly 2018 attack on a military parade. Host of the ITV gameshow Winning Combination, he continues his The Good Times tour at artsdepot in London tonight.ĭjalili will shortly be seen in the romantic comedy film Text For You, alongside Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Sam Heughan and a supporting cast that includes Celia Imrie, Russell Tovey, Steve Oram and singer Celine Dion. The guest spot followed his first stand-up gig in Farsi, which he performed over Zoom in February 2021. The pilots are produced by Big Deal Films ( Dreaming Whilst Black, Craig & Danny: Funny, Black & On TV).ĭjalili made his chat show hosting debut last year, guesting on MBC Persia's late-night show Chandshanbeh Ba Sina, interviewing regular hosts Shadi Asadolla and Sina Valiollah: The Anglo-Iranian comedian has shot two versions of Tonight With Omid, one for BBC Persian in Farsi and another in English that producers are aiming at BBC Two.īoth half-hour pilots, shot at the Celebro Studios in London earlier this month, featured Tehran Von Ghasri, a US comedian of Persian descent, and houseband The Turbans, a London-based world music collective.ĭjalili posted footage of himself jamming with the band during recording on his Instagram: ![]() Omid Djalili is piloting a bilingual chat show for the BBC, British Comedy Guide can exclusively reveal. Omid Djalili - Hopeful: The Autobiography.
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