Iran Confirms Upholding Death Sentence For Academic Over Spying For Israel

A Sweden-based Iranian academic convicted of spying for Israel has had his death sentence upheld by Iran’s Supreme Court, Tehran’s prosecutor was quoted as saying, Reuters reported Monday. Ahmadreza Djalali, a medical doctor and lecturer at the Karolinska Institute, a Stockholm medical university, was accused of assisting Israel by providing information to help it assassinate several senior nuclear scientists, the report said. Djalali has denied the charges, Amnesty International and his family