Iran executes man accused of spying for 'Israel'

Iranian authorities announced on Sunday that a man convicted of spying for 'Israel’s' intelligence agency has been executed.

“The execution of this spy... was carried out after confirmation by the Supreme Court and the rejection of his pardon request at Qom Prison,” said Kazem Mousavi, the chief justice of Qom province, as quoted by the judiciary’s Mizan Online.

The man, whose identity has not been made public, was hanged on Saturday in the city of Qom, south of Tehran. Officials said the individual began communicating with 'Israeli' intelligence in October 2023 before being arrested in early 2024. Investigators claimed he confessed to working with Mossad and passing on sensitive information.

This execution follows a series of similar cases. Earlier this month, six people were executed in Khuzestan province on terrorism-related charges. Days before that, Iranian authorities hanged a man described as a senior 'Israeli' operative. Another individual, named as Roozbeh Vadi, was also executed for allegedly providing information on a nuclear scientist killed during the conflict.

Iran, which implements executions by hanging, is the second-highest executor in the world after China, according to human rights groups including Amnesty International.

Meanwhile, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards reported a separate attack in Sistan-Baluchistan province in which at least four tribal leaders were killed. The Guards accused “mercenary groups affiliated with the Israeli regime” of carrying out the assault but did not identify a specific group.