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Iran executes man accused of spying for Israel
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIran executed a man who it said was convicted of spying for Israel and having ties to Iranian opposition groups, the judiciary’s Mizan news agency reports
Entangled in a decades-long shadow war with Israel, Iran has executed many people it accused of having links with Israel’s intelligence service and facilitating its operations in the country.
The Oslo-based Iran Human Rights group says on X that the man, whom it identifies as 27-year-old architecture student Aghil Keshavarz, was sentenced to death on charges related to espionage for Israel “based on confessions extracted under torture.”
Executions of Iranians convicted of spying for Israel have significantly increased this year, with multiple death sentences carried out in recent months.
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