DUBAI, May 10 (Reuters) – The death sentence of Swedish-Iranian national Ahmadreza Djalali is on the agenda and will be carried out, Iran‘s judiciary spokesperson Zabihollah Khodaian said on Tuesday, without giving a date as to when the execution will take place.
Last week, Iran‘s semi-official ISNA news agency reported that the Iranian-Swedish researcher, sentenced to death on charges of spying for Israel, will be executed by May 21.
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(Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; Editing by Jan Harvey)
