Life of German jailed in Iran 'at grave risk' over failing health: Daughter

Jamshid Sharmahd, who is also a US resident, suffers from Parkinson's disease and could die due to his deteriorating health, Gazelle Sharmahd told AFP after her father last week made a rare phone call from prison to the family. In the United States, Sharmahd helped develop a website for an exiled Iranian opposition group and also hosted radio broadcasts. The family have rubbished claims made in Iran against him over a blast in 2008 in the southern city of Shiraz.