Iran executes man accused of espionage for Israel after pardon rejected
Authorities do not name individual who was hanged in Qom, claim he was in contact with Mossad from October 2023 until arrest in early 2024
Iran executed a man convicted of spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, the judiciary said Sunday, the latest in a series of executions following a 12-day war in June between the two countries.
“The execution of this spy… was carried out after confirmation by the Supreme Court and the rejection of his pardon request at Qom Prison,” Kazem Mousavi, chief justice of Qom province, was quoted as saying by the judiciary’s Mizan Online website.
The identity of the man — who was hanged on Saturday in the holy city of Qom, south of Tehran — was not immediately revealed.
Earlier this month, six men were executed in Khuzestan province for alleged acts of terrorism, less than a week after another man, described as one of Israel’s top spies, was hanged.
