Iran executes man accused of spying on behalf of Israel’s Mossad |
Iran executed a man convicted of spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence service after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence, the judiciary’s Mizan news outlet reported on Wednesday.
According to the judiciary, Ehsan Afrashteh, 32, confessed to being recruited by Mossad and working on its behalf.
He received payments of 1,000 euros to carry out tasks such as “documenting target locations,” including Iran’s Intelligence Ministry, and “attending gatherings and taking pictures of various people,” the judiciary claimed.
He operated under the guise of a taxi driver, and was given training by Mossad in Nepal, Mizan said, adding that he was fluent in several languages, including English and Hebrew.
According to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Afrashteh was arrested in 2024 after returning from a trip to Turkey, and sentenced to death in 2025.
The rights group claimed the death penalty was based on confessions that were fabricated or given under torture.
Iran executed Ehsan Afrashteh on Wednesday on accusations of espionage and intelligence cooperation with Israel, the judiciary’s Mizan News reported. Afrashteh, who was born in the central city of Isfahan in 1993 and held a master’s degree in civil engineering, was arrested........