IRAN executed Iranian-German citizen Jamshid Sharmahd after he was convicted of committing terrorist attacks, Iranian state media said on Monday.

Sharmahd, who also holds US residency, was sentenced to death in 2023 on charges of “corruption on earth”.

He has been accused by Iran of leading a pro-monarchist group blamed for a deadly 2008 bombing and planning other attacks in the country.

Sharmahd’s arrest was announced in 2020 in an intelligence ministry statement that described him as “the leader of the Tondar terrorist group, which conducted armed and terrorist acts in Iran from America.”

His family contested the charges and worked for years to see him released.

Based in Los Angeles, the little-known Assembly of the Kingdom of Iran, or Tondar, says it is trying to restore the Iranian monarchy that was overthrown by the Islamic revolution in 1979. It runs pro-Iranian radio and television stations abroad.