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Iran executes two men convicted of spying for Israel

By AFP
May 03, 2026
A representational image of a noose used for carrying out death sentences by hanging. — AFP/File
A representational image of a noose used for carrying out death sentences by hanging. — AFP/File

TEHRAN: Iran hanged two men on Saturday convicted of spying for Israel, the judiciary said, the latest in a string of executions in recent weeks.

“Yaghoub Karimpour and Nasser Bekrzadeh were hanged for the crime of intelligence cooperation and espionage in favour of the Zionist regime,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website said.

It was not immediately clear when the two men were arrested.

Mizan said Karimpour was convicted of the capital offence of “moharebeh,” or waging war against God, over “filming and photographing security and military locations and sending them to a Mossad officer during the imposed war,” referring to Iran’s 12-day war with Israel in June 2025.

It added that Bekrzadeh cooperated with Israel’s spy agency, Mossad, by sending information on “religious and provincial figures, as well as important centres such as the Natanz area,” home to a key nuclear site. Mizan did not specify whether Bekrzadeh’s activities took place during wartime.