TEHRAN, 20 October (H.S.): Iran’s judiciary announced on Sunday that it had executed a man convicted of spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency . The man was hanged on Saturday in the holy city of Qom, south of Tehran, following the confirmation of his sentence by the Supreme Court.

According to Kazem Mousavi, the chief justice of Qom province, the unidentified individual had his request for a pardon rejected . Iranian authorities stated that the man began contacting Israeli intelligence in October 2023 and was arrested between January and February 2024.

He reportedly confessed to cooperating with Mossad and transmitting confidential information online .This execution is the latest in a series of recent hangings. Earlier this month, six men were executed in Khuzestan province for alleged terrorism-related offenses.

Another man, identified as Roozbeh Vadi, was also executed for allegedly providing information about a nuclear scientist who was killed during a conflict with Israel in June . According to human rights organizations like Amnesty International, Iran has the second-highest number of executions globally, after China.

Separately, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards reported that an attack in the southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan province killed at least four tribal leaders. The Guards blamed mercenary groups affiliated with the Israeli regime for the assault, though no specific group was named .

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar