Overview

• Azad Shojaei, Edris Aali and Iraqi national Rasoul Ahmad Rasoul were hanged at Urmia Prison under charges of importing assassination equipment for Israeli handlers.
• Wednesday’s executions raise to six the number of people executed on espionage allegations since June 16.
• Revolutionary Guard-affiliated Fars news agency reports that authorities have arrested over 700 individuals nationwide on spying charges since the onset of the conflict.
• Iran’s judiciary has announced plans to broaden its legal definition of espionage to grant security forces wider authority against suspected infiltrators.
• Human rights activists warn that the expiration of a court-imposed deadline for alleged spies to confess may herald additional executions.