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Iran has executed a man convicted of spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency in the central city of Qom, the provincial judiciary chief said as per the country’s official media.

Hojjatoleslam Kazem Mousavi chief justice of Qom province, was quoted as saying by IRNA news agency that the death sentence was carried out after the Supreme Court upheld the verdict and rejected a request for clemency.

The convicted spy had been found guilty of moharebeh (waging war against God) and corruption on earth, charges that carry the death penalty under Iranian law.

The man was hanged on Saturday in the holy city of Qom, south of Tehran.

According to the chief justice, the suspect began contacting Israeli intelligence in late 2023 and was arrested in January-February 2024 after tr

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