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Iran said to execute man accused of spying for Israel
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIran executed a man convicted of spying for Israel’s intelligence service and passing sensitive information, the judiciary’s news outlet Mizan reports.
Mizan identifies the man as Mehdi Farid, saying he had held a position in a civil defense unit within a sensitive organization and had used his access to gather and transmit information to Israel’s Mossad.
His death sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court and carried out after legal procedures were completed, Mizan says.
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