Iranian media reported that Mohammad Heidari was sentenced to death by hanging after learning he was an agent for Israel’s Mossad Intelligence Agency. A second man, Kourush Ahamdi, was hanged as well after officials reported he was spying for America’s Central Intelligence Agency.
The report does not detail when they were indicted and if and when they were placed on trial.
The following is a Reuters report:
Iranian authorities executed two men on Sunday convicted of working for Israeli and U.S. spy agencies, Iran’s Fars news agency reported.
Mohammad Heidari, accused of passing security-related information and secrets to Israeli Mossad agents in exchange for money, and Kourosh Ahmadi, accused of gathering information for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, were hanged at dawn, it said.
The sentence for their execution was handed down by Tehran’s Revolutionary Court and confirmed by the country’s Supreme Court. The report did not say when the pair were arrested nor when their trial took place.
Iran has in the past said it had successfully detected and dismantled spy networks operating inside the country. It has blamed the assassinations of scientists associated with its disputed nuclear programme on Western spy agencies, especially Mossad.
The United States has denied any role in the killings. Israel has not commented.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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hanged ALLEGED agents
If you think the Israeli or American systems of justice are bad, just wait until you deal with the Iranians….
It is unclear if there is a positive correlation between accusation and guilt — and one might suspect that real spies tend to disappear (or be disappeared)
With all due respect;
I find the picture of the ropes offending. Everyone understands what hanging is.
@Ragachovers you need to grow a thick skin. You want to see hanging bodies swinging in the wind? Nothing offensive about the ropes.