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Published 13 May, 2026 10:09am

Iran executes man accused of spying for Israel, Mizan reports

Iran executed a man convicted of spying for Israel’s intelligence service after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence, the judiciary’s Mizan news outlet reports.

According to rights group HRANA, the 32-year-old defendant named Ehsan Afrashteh was arrested in 2024 and sentenced to death in 2025 based on confessions that were fabricated.

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