Alireza Akbari had worked as Iran's deputy defence minister and was arrested in 2019, accused of committing espionage for MI6. Read more about his life 👇
Iranian state media said a video broadcast on Thursday showed Mr Akbari played a key role in the assassination of Iran's top nuclear scientist in 2020.In the video, Mr Akbari did not confess to being involved in the assassination, but said a British agent had asked for information about Mr Fakhrizadeh.
In an audio recording purportedly made by Mr Akbari and broadcast by BBC Persian, he said he had returned to Tehran following an invitation by a senior Iranian diplomat involved in Tehran's nuclear talks with world powers. "They drove me to the brink of madness... and forced me to make false confessions by force of arms and death threats.
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