Man executed in Iran for spying for Israel
Iranian authorities on Wednesday executed a man convicted of spying for Israel, the country’s judiciary said.
The judiciary’s Mizan news agency said, “The death sentence was carried out this morning (Wednesday) against a man convicted of spying for the Zionist entity, who had sent Mossad agents photos and information about sensitive sites in the country”.
Kouroush Keyvani was arrested during the 12-day war between Iran and Israel in June, during which the United States carried out strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, the agency said.
It referred in detail to the suspect’s meetings with members of Israel’s foreign intelligence service (Mossad), explaining that he had received training in six European countries and in Tel Aviv.
It was the first execution announced by Iranian authorities since the outbreak of the war in the Middle East, following an Israeli-American attack on the Islamic Republic on February 28.
