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Iran executes person accused of spying for Israel
The executed individual began cooperating with Israeli intelligence in October 2023, marking at least nine espionage-related executions in Iran since a recent regional conflict.
- Early Saturday, Iran executed a person convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad in Qom after the Supreme Court of Iran upheld the sentence and a pardon was denied, the official judiciary news agency Mizan reported.
- Mizan said the defendant began contacts with Israeli intelligence and was arrested four months later; authorities accused them of providing sensitive information and charged `corruption on Earth` and `enmity against God`.
- Human rights organizations and Western governments condemned Iran's growing use of capital punishment, while activists argue many convictions rely on coerced confessions and lack independent legal representation.
- Amid accusations of covert attacks and sabotage, Tehran says executions are part of national-security responses, with Iran having executed at least nine suspected spies since the 12-day war earlier this year, prompted by Israeli airstrikes that killed about 1,100 people.
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