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Jamshid Sharmahd
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Jamshid Sharmahd

Jamshid Sharmahd is an Iranian-German software engineer. In 2022 he received the death penalty for alleged involvement in a 2008 attack on a mosque in Shiraz that killed 14 people and injured 200.

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks during a meeting with ambassadors of foreign countries in Iran, in the capital Tehran on October 29, 2024.

Iran condemns consulate closures in Germany as 'sanction'

The Foreign Ministry has urged German citizens to leave Iran to avoid the risk of being held hostage.
PoliticsNovember 1, 2024
A protest sign featuring the image of Jamshid Sharmahd

Germany closes Iranian consulates over Sharmahd execution

Foreign Minister Baerbock announced the measure in response to the recent execution of German citizen Jamshid Sharmahd.
PoliticsOctober 31, 202403:55 min
A poster with Jamshid Shamahd's face has the words "We Are Jimmy" as prosters demonstrate outside the Iranian embassy in Berlin

Germany outraged over Jamshid Sharmahd's execution in Iran

The killing of German citizen Jamshid Sharmahd by the Iranian regime has triggered outrage among German politicians.
PoliticsOctober 29, 2024
In this photo that was presumably taken in an Iranian revolutionary court, Iranian-German national and US resident Jamshid Sharmahd wears a striped, blue prison shirt and looks into the camera.

Execution of German citizen in Iran sparks outrage

Iranian-German Jamshid Sharmahd was executed after being kidnapped and subjected to a "sham trial."
Human RightsOctober 29, 202401:34 min
Jamshid Sharmahd wearing a mask during trial in 2022

Was Iran sending a message by executing Jamshid Sharmahd?

The execution of an Iranian-German dissident comes as the regime in Tehran is facing pressure on multiple fronts.
Human RightsOctober 29, 2024
German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd

Germany summons Iran's envoy over Jamshid Sharmahd execution

Berlin said it condemns the execution of the German-Iranian software developer "in the strongest possible terms."
PoliticsOctober 29, 2024
Sharmahd sits in an Iranian courtroom

Iran executes German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd

German-Iranian dual national Jamshid Sharmahd was executed in Iran on charges linked to a 2008 terror attack.
ConflictsOctober 28, 2024
Jamshid Sharmahd sitting in a court room in February 2002

German lawyers file criminal charges against Iranian judges

The daughter of German-Iranian citizen Jamshid Sharmahd has filed charges against eight members of Iran's judiciary.
Human RightsJune 21, 2023
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Petersburg climate meeting in Berlin May 3, 2023

Germany's foreign policy: A tricky balancing act

Germany's Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, has put human rights at the center of her foreign policy. Is that naive?
PoliticsMay 7, 2023
Jamshid Sharmahd looks down

EU slams Iran over death penalty for German-Iranian citizen

Jamshid Sharmahd has been in jail since 2020. Activists and politicians condemned the trial and the allegations.
ConflictsApril 29, 2023
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Daughter of German-Iranian sentenced to death speaks to DW

Iran has upheld a death sentence against German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd. His daughter spoke to DW after the decision.
PoliticsApril 27, 202304:12 min
Jamshid Sharmahd attends the first hearing of his trial in the capital Tehran on February 6, 2022

Iran confirms death sentence of German dual national

Germany has called on Tehran to "immediately reverse" the death sentence against Jamshid Sharmahd.
Law and JusticeApril 26, 2023
Jamshid Sharmahd speaks during his first court appearance in Tehran

Daughter urges Berlin to prevent German-Iranian's execution

Iranian-German dual national Jamshid Sharmahd's daughter has told DW that Germany should have intervened earlier.
Law and JusticeFebruary 24, 2023
The Iranian Embassy building in Berlin

Germany expels 2 Iran envoys over death sentence

The decision came after a German-Iranian national was handed a death sentence in Tehran.
PoliticsFebruary 22, 2023
Jamshid Sharmahd

Iran boasts of arrest of US-based 'terrorist' leader

It was not clear how the US-based Jamshid Sharmahd, an alleged terrorist mastermind, ended up in Iranian custody.
TerrorismAugust 1, 2020