Monday, August 3, 2026 - Iran on Monday executed two men convicted of spying for Israel, the judiciary said, the latest in a wave of hangings over alleged espionage.
Since the start of the war with Israel and the United States
in February, Tehran has ramped up executions, with many of the convicts accused
of spying for Israeli intelligence.
“Omid Behzad and Pouria Safvat were hanged this morning for
transmitting the coordinates of sensitive military and security sites to Mossad
agents,” said Mizan, the media outlet for Iran’s judiciary, referring to
Israel’s foreign intelligence service.
It did not specify when the pair were arrested or when they
went on trial, but said they were convicted of “espionage and collaboration
with the Zionist regime”.
“They helped the
intelligence services achieve their objectives by providing them with
information on military and security centres during the war,” Mizan added.
The number of executions in Iran has risen since the start
of the war, which broke out on February 28 with massive US-Israeli strikes that
killed Iran’s supreme leader.
Iran is the world’s second-most prolific executioner after
China, according to rights groups including Amnesty International.
The authorities executed at least 1,639 people last year, a
record high since 1989, according to Iran Human Rights, an NGO based in Norway,
and Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM), which is headquartered in Paris.
On Tuesday, Amnesty denounced what it said was the
“escalation” in executions after Iran announced the hanging of two men found
guilty of taking part in anti-government protests during the winter.
0 Comments