Iran executes man convicted of spying for Israel

Iran executed a man convicted of espionage on behalf of Israel's intelligence agency Mossad, reported Xinhua, quoting the Mizan news agency of the Iranian judiciary reported on Sunday.

The man, whose identity was not revealed, was executed at a prison in Iran's central Qom province on Saturday, Mizan quoted Seyed Kazem Mousavi, the province's chief justice, as saying.

He added the convict had started his intelligence cooperation with Israel in October 2023 and was arrested in February 2024.

The chief justice said the man had confessed to having had intelligence cooperation with Israel, and was sentenced to death following legal proceedings.

Iran's intelligence and judicial authorities had detected the man's activities and prevented the transmission of the country's sensitive data to Israel, according to Mousavi.