Iran Executes Four Men Convicted of Collaborating with Israel's Mossad

The executions, amid a surge in capital punishment in Iran, escalate tensions in the ongoing shadow war between Iran and Israel.

Iran executed four men, identified as Mohammad Faramarzi, Mohsen Mazloum, Wafa Azarbar, and Pejman Fatehi, who were convicted of collaborating with Israel's Mossad to sabotage an Iranian defense site.
The men were arrested in July 2022 and sentenced to death in September 2023 after a trial that has been criticized by human rights groups as 'grossly unfair'.
The defendants were accused of being part of a Mossad-initiated plot to sabotage Iran's ballistic missile industry, which Iran claimed to have foiled in August 2023.
The executions come amid a surge in executions in Iran, with an average of two people being executed every day this month, according to campaigners.
The executions have escalated tensions between Iran and Israel, which have been engaged in a shadow war for decades.