US EditionIran Executes Man for Alleged Spying for Israel; Activists Say He Was Tortured Into False Confession
- On Wednesday, Iran executed Babak Shahbazi, accusing him of spying for Israel, amid an intensified campaign targeting alleged spies after a recent short conflict with Israel.
- Shahbazi was arrested after sending a letter to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy offering assistance against Russia, but activists maintain he was pressured to admit to crimes he did not commit.
- The judiciary accused Shahbazi of passing critical details about Iran’s data centers to Israeli operatives, while officials did not specify how he was executed.
- Since the 12-day conflict marked by Israeli airstrikes that resulted in over 1,100 deaths, including top military leaders, Iran has put to death at least eight individuals accused of spying, leading to concerns about an intensified crackdown.
- Human rights groups warn these executions may signal a wider politically motivated crackdown amid ongoing human rights abuses in Iran.
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Iran executes man accused of feeding secrets to Israel’s Mossad
TEHRAN, Sept 17 — Iranian authorities hanged a man on Wednesday after convicting him of spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency since 2022, the judiciary said.“Babak Shahbazi... was executed by hanging this morning following due legal process and the confirmation of his sentence by the Supreme Court,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online news website said.It was not immediately clear when Shahbazi was arrested but Mizan said he was sentenced to d…
Shahbazi was arrested for writing a letter to Zelensky, offering to fight the Ukrainian armed forces. Since the war of June with Israel, Iran has already executed eight people by spying.
According to human rights activists, the death sentence against the man was "fallen without a fair trial and on the basis of confessions extorted under torture." It is already the second execution after the recent war.
The Iranian authorities hanged on Wednesday a man convicted of espionage for the benefit of Israel, the judiciary said.
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