Wednesday, January 28, 2026 - Iran on Wednesday executed a man who was accused of spying for Israel, the Iranian judiciary’s media outlet Mizan reported.
Hamidreza Sabet Esmailpour, who had been convicted of
passing information to a Mossad agent, was hanged at dawn, the judiciary’s
Mizan news agency said.
“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 (Mossad) 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 Republic’s security forces killed thousands, according
to some reports, tens of thousands of anti-regime demonstrators earlier this
month.
US President Donald Trump, 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.
Human rights organizations and Western governments have
condemned Iran’s increasing use of capital punishment, particularly for
political and espionage-related offenses.
Activists argue that many of the convictions rely on coerced
confessions and that trials often take place behind closed doors, without
access to independent legal representation. Tehran, however, maintains that
those executed were “agents of hostile intelligence services” involved in acts
of terrorism or sabotage.
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