Iran has executed a person convicted of spying on Main Basic Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone strike in January. It was alleged that the convict had shared delicate data with each the CIA and Mossad.
The dying sentence was carried out towards a person referred to as Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd, native media reported, citing judiciary spokesperson Gholamhossein Esmaeili.
Based on the report, Mousavi-Majd had acquired cost from the CIA and Mossad in trade for details about Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Quds Pressure, its unit tasked with operations abroad. Amongst this information had been the actions and places of Soleimani, who led the Quds Pressure, and of different high commanders.
Mousavi-Majd, who was fluent in each Arabic and English, reportedly had entry to delicate data as a result of he labored as a translator for an Iran-linked firm in Syria. It was stated that he was found by means of an intercepted telephone name.
Soleimani was killed in a focused US drone strike close to Baghdad’s airport. Washington had accused him of masterminding terrorist assaults towards US personnel and civilians, and argued that his killing prevented the deaths of extra Individuals. Officers in Tehran, in the meantime, condemned his killing as unlawful underneath worldwide legislation, and his dying sparked huge protests throughout Iranian cities.
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Mousavi-Majd was not the one particular person executed after being convicted of espionage in Iran this month. Iranian judiciary reported final week dying sentence was carried out towards a person accused of promoting details about the county’s missile program to the US.
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