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The Iranian authorities allege that he was a leader of an opposition group, the \u201cKingdom Assembly of Iran,\u201d which was connected to multiple terror attacks, namely the 2008 bombing of a mosque in Shiraz, claims that Sharmahd denies. Iranian authorities regularly arrest activists and opposition figures with bogus charges and sentence people in unfair trials.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESharmahd is a dual Iranian-German citizen who was residing in the United States at the time of his arrest. According to his family, Sharmahd \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-64718416\u0022\u003Ewent missing in July 2020\u003C\/a\u003E while transiting to India via Dubai on a business trip. It was later revealed through tracking his phone signals that he was forciblybrought into Iran via Oman. Similarly, in December 2020, prominent dissident and journalist, Rouhollah Zam, who was likely arrested in Iraq, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/12\/12\/iran-dissident-executed-vague-charges\u0022\u003Ewas convicted\u003C\/a\u003E in a grossly unfair trial and executed.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIranian state television channels \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/blog-feed\/iranian-society-under-crackdown#blog-379125\u0022\u003Epreviously aired\u003C\/a\u003E a series of Sharmahd\u2019s likely coerced \u201cconfessions.\u201d State TV regularly broadcasts video confessions of detainees obtained under torture and coercion. Authorities did not allow Sharmahd\u2019s chosen lawyer access to his case file or to meet with him. 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