Iran executes man convicted of spying for Israel: judiciary

Published March 18, 2026 Updated March 18, 2026 10:42am

Iranian authorities have executed a man convicted of spying for Israel, the judiciary said, in the first such execution announced since the war with Israel and the United States broke out, AFP reports.

“The death sentence of a spy for the Zionist regime, who had been providing images and information, about the country’s sensitive locations to Mossad officers was carried out this morning,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website said.

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