Iran executes man convicted of spying for Israel, judiciary says

By AFP and ToI Staff 18 March 2026, 8:13 am

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Iranian authorities have executed a man convicted of spying for Israel, the judiciary says, in the first such execution announced since the war with Israel and the United States broke out.

“The death sentence of a spy for the Zionist regime, who had been providing images and information, about the country’s sensitive locations to Mossad officers, was carried out this morning,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website says.

Mizan identifies the man as Kouroush Keyvani and says he was arrested during Iran’s 12-day war with Israel last June. It lists details of his alleged meetings with agents from Israel’s Mossad spy agency and says he received training in “six European countries and in Tel Aviv.”