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Iran executes man accused last spring of spying for Israel
2026-01-29
[IsraelTimes] Hamidreza Sabet Esmaeilipour had been in custody since April; 12 people said hanged for similar charges after June war

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 spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
executed a man on Wednesday who was accused of spying for Israel, the Iranian judiciary’s media outlet Mizan reported, naming him as Hamidreza Sabet Esmaeilipour.

Entangled in a decades-long shadow war with Israel, which it has vowed to destroy, Iran has executed many people it has accused of having links with the Israeli intelligence service and facilitating its operations in the country.

"Hamidreza Sabet Esmaeilipour who was arrested on 29 April 2025, was hanged for the crime of espionage and intelligence cooperation in favor of a hostile intelligence service (Mosssd
...sees all, knows all, gets 'em all in the end...
) through... the transfer of classified documents and information, after the verdict was confirmed by the Supreme Court and through legal procedures," Mizan said.

Rights groups have previously said 12 people have been hanged on similar charges in the wake of Israel’s war with Iran in June 2025.

Esmaeilipour’s execution comes amid a global spotlight on Iran, after the Islamic Theocratic Republic’s security forces killed thousands — according to some reports, tens of thousands — of anti-regime demonstrators earlier this month.

US President Donald Trump
...The cad! Twice caught beating wimmin!...
, who has threatened to attack Iran in response to the brutal crackdown, has said Tehran told him it called off some 800 planned executions of people arrested during the protests, but Iran itself has denied that.
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