Iran executes man convicted of spying for Israel

Iran has executed a man convicted of spying for and intelligence cooperation with Israel, the Mizan news agency of the Iranian judiciary reported on Saturday, reported Xinhua.

The individual, identified as Hossein Pedaran, was hanged following judicial proceedings and the upholding of his death sentence by the Supreme Court of Iran, the report said.

Pedaran had provided classified military information, including that on missile sites in Iran's central Isfahan province, to Israel's intelligence agency Mossad. The missile sites were targeted in Israeli strikes during a 12-day war in June last year, Mizan said.

According to Mizan, the convict had received Mossad training and provided Israel with the personal information of military personnel.

It added Pedaran confessed that Mossad officers had been most interested in intelligence on locations from which Iran launched its missiles.