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Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Iran executes man accused of spying for Israel; rights group says confession fabricated
Iran executed a man convicted of spying for Israel’s intelligence service after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence, the judiciary’s Mizan news outlet reports.
According to rights group HRANA, the 32-year-old defendant named Ehsan Afrashteh was arrested in 2024 and sentenced to death in 2025 based on confessions that were fabricated.
خبرگزاری «میزان»، وابسته به قوه قضاییه جمهوری اسلامی، از اعدام احسان افراشته، زندانی متهم به «جاسوسی برای اسرائیل» خبر داد. قوه قضاییه مدعی شده است که او در نپال تحت آموزش سازمان اطلاعاتی موساد قرار گرفته و اطلاعات حساس جمهوری اسلامی را در اختیار اسرائیل قرار میداده است.… pic.twitter.com/KDQwpAmsRi
— ایران وایر (@iranwire) May 13, 2026
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