Iranian authorities on Wednesday executed a man convicted of spying for Israel by passing on information about a nuclear scientist killed during the 12-day war with Israel in June, the judiciary said.
"He was alive, then dead"
"Roozbeh Vadi... was executed following judicial proceedings and confirmation of his sentence by the Supreme Court," the judiciary’s Mizan Online website said, adding that the man had leaked information about a "nuclear scientist who was assassinated during the Zionist regime’s recent aggression."
The execution was carried out by hanging, it added.
It was not immediately clear when he was arrested or sentenced.
Mizan reported that Vadi worked at one of Iran’s "key and sensitive organizations" and that his access enabled him to pass on "classified information" after being recruited online by Israel’s Mosssd
...sees all, knows all, gets 'em all in the end...spy agency.
In mid-June, Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign against Iran, triggering a war during which Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for
spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
Duceor
Führeror maybe both. They hate
responded with missile and dronezaps.
The Israeli offensive killed senior military commanders, nuclear scientists and hundreds of others, striking both military sites and residential areas.
According to local media, at least a dozen nuclear scientists were killed.
Iran has since the war vowed swift trials for people arrested on suspicion of collaborating with Israel.
Authorities have announced multiple arrests of people suspected of spying for Israel and the executions of several convicted of working with Mossad.
Separately on Wednesday, authorities executed a man convicted of being a member of the murderous Moslem Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
group, who was allegedly planning "terrorist operations inside Iran," according to Mizan.
Iran is the world’s second-most prolific executioner after China, according to human rights
...which often include carefully measured allowances of
freedomat the convenience of the state...
groups, including Amnesty International.
Israel said its sweeping assault on the country’s top military leaders, nuclear scientists, uranium enrichment sites, and ballistic missile program was necessary to prevent the Islamic Theocratic
Republicfrom realizing its avowed plan to destroy the Jewish state.
After 12 days of fighting, at the end of which the US also hit three Iranian nuclear sites, Washington brokered a ceasefire.
Israeli authorities themselves have boasted about the deep penetration into Iran that their intelligence agencies achieved to plan for its attack, including footage purporting to show agents launching drones from within Iran.
Iran responded to the attacks by firing hundreds of missiles at Israeli cities that killed 29 people and injured over 3,000. It has faced continuing internal instability since the war ended and has launched a sweeping internal crackdown aimed at rooting out Israeli spies, dissidents, and opposition figures.