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Iran Supreme Court upholds Iranian-German Sharmahd's death sentence - judiciary

Iran's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of Iranian-German national Jamshid Sharmahd on charges of "corruption on earth", the judiciary's spokesperson Masoud Setayeshi said on Wednesday.

Sharmahd, who also has U.S. residency, is accused by Iran of heading a pro-monarchist group accused of a deadly 2008 bombing and planning other attacks in the country.

(Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

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