Iran Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei. Photo: AFP
Iran on Sunday hanged a man convicted of espionage, the judiciary said, the first known execution for a spying offence committed during the war with Israel and the United States.
“Mojtaba Kian… who sent information related to the country’s defence industry units to the enemy, was hanged early this morning,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website reported.
It said he shared information related to Iran’s defence capabilities during the nearly 40-day war.
The execution is the first directly linked to spying offences carried out during the war, which broke out on February 28 when US-Israeli strikes killed senior Iranian leaders, triggering retaliatory attacks by Tehran across the region.
