UK sanctions Iran’s chief prosecutor after execution of British-Iranian national

Alireza Akbari has been executed, Iranian state media has said (KhabarOnline News Agency via AP)

The UK has sanctioned Iran’s prosecutor general after the “barbaric regime” executed a dual British-Iranian national on spy charges.

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the move “underlines our disgust” at the decision to put Alireza Akbari to death.