Iran executed a person convicted of spying for Israel and accused of enjoying a key function within the assassination of an officer of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the state-run Mizan reported.
Mohsen Langarneshin was accused of working with Israel’s intelligence service Mossad for greater than two years after being recruited and educated in 2020, Mizan stated, including that Langarneshin was executed early on Wednesday morning.
The Oslo-based Iran Human Rights group stated Langarneshin was sentenced after being pressured to admit beneath torture and his dad and mom had saved vigil outdoors his jail since Tuesday within the hopes that they may save him from execution.
IHR had reported in February that Langarneshin was arrested in July 2023 and had been positioned in solitary confinement two months in the past after being transferred from Tehran’s Evin Jail to a provincial detention middle on the outskirts of town.
The announcement comes weeks after Iran and the US began oblique talks over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program and as Israel continues its bombardment of Gaza in its warfare towards Tehran-backed Hamas, which is designated a terrorist group by the US and plenty of of its allies.
Langarneshin was accused of being current when IRGC Colonel Hassan Sayyad Khodaei, a senior officer closely concerned in Iran’s Syria operations, was shot useless outdoors his house in Tehran in 2022.
Mizan didn’t say when Langarneshin was arrested or present any particulars of proof offered at his trial. He was additionally accused of assembly Mossad officers in Georgia and Nepal and transferring funds on their behalf to different “operatives” inside Iran.
Langarneshin’s arrest and sentence hadn’t been publicized by Iranian authorities however numerous Iranian human rights teams primarily based overseas had been monitoring his case, citing his household.
Mizan didn’t give any particulars about his authorized illustration, including solely that his sentence was carried out “following the total authorized proceedings and the ultimate approval of the decision by the supreme courtroom.”
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