He says that the charges are politically motivated and that he fears execution if sent home.
The diplomat, Ali Ahmad Asseri, was still awaiting word from American officials on his application Tuesday, and said he feared execution if he returned to his home country.
To establish that, he must go through the process of applying to be re-documented: but he has consistently refused to apply, claiming he fears execution in Iran.
The 47-year-old, who arrived in Britain seven years ago from north east Nigeria, has said he fears execution by the Islamist group Boko Haram if he returns after he refused to join its ranks.
Anne's hatred pursued Mary so relentlessly that she feared execution, but, having her mother's courage and all her father's stubbornness, she would not admit to the illegitimacy of her birth.
WASHINGTON — Ending a case that gained national attention after reaching the Supreme Court last year, the government granted asylum to an informer who said he feared execution if he were returned to his native Albania, his lawyers announced on Tuesday.
Most of them have left, fearing execution by IS.
Iran held them for 13 days, with the captives saying they were kept in cold stone cells, blindfolded and fearing execution, and coerced into falsely saying they had entered Iranian waters.
Karmal was recalled from Czechoslovakia but rather than returning to Afghanistan he went into hiding with Anahita Ratebzad, his friend and former Afghan ambassador to Yugoslavia, as he feared execution if he returned.
That opinion, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, directly addressed the fear expressed by some of other justices that children no longer fearing execution might suddenly begin committing murder at a higher rate.
In 2004, under a previous government, former North Korean government official Song Dae Ri was refused refugee status — although status was granted for his toddler — even as he feared execution, should he be deported back to the Hermit Kingdom.
