Daughter urges Berlin to prevent German-Iranian’s execution
By DW
27 February 2023 |
5:45 am
Iranian-German dual national Jamshid Sharmahd was sentenced to death in Tehran. His daughter has told DW that Germany should have intervened earlier.
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