Overview

• Iran’s judiciary said the hanging occurred early Saturday in Qom after a conviction for cooperating with Israel’s Mossad.
• The Supreme Court upheld the death sentence and a clemency request was denied, with charges including “corruption on Earth” and “enmity against God.”
• Officials reported the defendant began contacting Israeli intelligence in October 2023, was arrested in February 2024, and allegedly shared sensitive information and carried out tasks inside Iran.
• The execution follows others tied to alleged Israeli links, including six put to death on October 4 in Khuzestan and the September 29 hanging of Bahman Choobiasl.
• Human rights groups and Western governments criticize closed trials and alleged coerced confessions, while Tehran labels the executed as agents of hostile intelligence services.