Iranian authorities executed a man convicted of spying for Israel on Wednesday, the judiciary said, marking the first such execution since the outbreak of war with Israel and the United States.
“The death sentence of a spy for the Zionist regime, who had been providing images and information about the country’s sensitive locations to Mossad officers, was carried out this morning,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website reported.
The man was identified as Kouroush Keyvani, who was arrested during Iran’s 12-day war with Israel in June, a conflict in which the United States briefly joined in strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
Mizan detailed Keyvani’s meetings with agents from Israel’s Mossad spy agency and said he received training in “six European countries and in Tel Aviv.”
The execution comes amid escalating tensions in the region. On February 28, Israel and the United States launched strikes on Iran, killing its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and triggering renewed hostilities that have spread across the Middle East.
AFP
