What you are not being told about jailed 'activist' Jamshid Sharmahd

Dear Reader,

I’m sure you know the feeling. Sometimes you burrow down a rabbit hole and when you come back up you’re not sure whether it’s you or the world that has gone crazy.

That happened to me when I tried to learn a bit more about a case that has been making headlines in Germany over the past few days.

When I began to look at the case of German national Jamshid Sharmahd, who is facing imminent execution in Iran, I realised that a central detail has been missing from all of the reporting.

My search for answers only left me with more questions.