Photo caption: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
The Iranian government on Wednesday executed a man convicted of spying for Israel by passing information about a nuclear scientist killed during the 12-day war with Israel in June.
“Roozbeh Vadi… was executed following judicial proceedings and confirmation of his sentence by the Supreme Court,” Iran’s judiciary’s Mizan Online website said, adding that the man had leaked information about a “nuclear scientist who was assassinated during the Zionist regime’s recent aggression.”
The execution was carried out by hanging, it added. It was not immediately clear when he was arrested or sentenced.
Mizan said Vadi transferred “classified information” after he was recruited online by Israel’s spy agency, Mossad.
In mid-June, Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign against Iran, triggering a war during which Iran responded with missile and drone strikes.
The Israeli offensive killed senior military commanders, nuclear scientists, and hundreds of others, striking both military sites and residential areas.
At least a dozen nuclear scientists were killed in the Israeli offensive, according to local media.
Iran has, since the war, vowed swift trials for people arrested on suspicion of collaborating with Israel.
Authorities have since announced multiple arrests of people suspected of spying for Israel and the executions of several people convicted of working with Mossad.
Iran is the world’s second-most prolific executioner after China, according to human rights groups, including Amnesty International.
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Ihedioha: Supreme Court judgment, another sad commentary –PDP