Iran 'sham' trial of California resident sparks allegations that world powers have abandoned him
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Jamshid Sharmahd, a German Iranian dissident and long-term California legal resident of California who was abducted by Iran’s regime in Dubai in 2020, went on trial and could face the death penalty over what critics are calling false links to a deadly bombing at a mosque in 2008.
The German and European governments are facing intense criticism for prioritizing a nuclear deal with Tehran over securing the release of the 66-year-old Sharmahd, who has lived in the U.S. since 2003 and campaigned against the Islamist tyranny.
Gazelle Sharmahd, Jamshid’s daughter, wrote to Fox News Digital via email from California, saying, "This is not a court or a trial at all, this is a propaganda show they have been preparing for the last 18 months. It is very disturbing that the free world can stand by and do little to help Jimmy [Jamshid] and so many others who are going through this."
She added, "The Iranians are fabricating charges and scapegoating an innocent man to make an example of him in order to shock the entire opposition, no matter which part of the opposition, but all people who work for a free Iran or hold points of view different from the Supreme Leader [Ali Khamenei].
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