Iran executes man accused of spying for Israel in Qom
Iran executed a man on Saturday convicted of spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence service, the judiciary said on Sunday, the second such execution reported in less than a month.
Iran executed a man on Saturday convicted of spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence service, the judiciary said on Sunday, the second such execution reported in less than a month.
Kazem Mousavi, head of the judiciary in Qom province, said the unnamed man was executed on Saturday morning after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence and rejected a clemency request.
“The spy’s sentence was carried out after being found guilty of moharebeh (enmity against God) and corruption on earth,” Mousavi told the judiciary’s news agency Mizan.
He said the man began cooperating with Israeli intelligence in October 2023 and was arrested four months later after sending classified information through online channels.
According to Mizan, the defendant confessed to meeting a Mossad officer, transmitting sensitive data, and receiving payment for his work.
The execution follows the late September hanging of Bahman Choubi-asl, a database specialist accused of providing information to Mossad in meetings abroad, including in India and Ireland.
Earlier in September, Iran also executed political prisoner Babak Shahbazi over similar charges.
Last month, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Iran said the country had executed 11 individuals on espionage charges this year, with at least nine carried out after Israel's military strike on Iran on June 13. Saturday's execution brings the total to at least 12.
