Iran Executes Man Over Cooperation With Israel’s Mossad
Iran has executed a man whom its courts convicted of cooperation with Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, state media reported. The official IRNA news agency identified the executed man as Ali Ardestani and claimed he relayed sensitive information to Israeli spy agency officers in return for financial rewards in the form of cryptocurrencies. The report said Ardestani confessed to the spying charges and had hoped to receive a million-dollar reward as well as a British visa. Iran labeled Ardestani a “special operative force of Israel” and claimed he gave images and footage of “special places” to Mossad agents. The report said Israel recruited Ardestani online. His case went through legal procedures in both primary courts and the country’s Supreme Court. The Iranian judiciary’s Mizan News Agency reported that the executed man had been found guilty of “intelligence cooperation and espionage for […]