A man convicted of spying for Israel's intelligence agency was executed by Iran

xTEHRAN: Iran executed a man convicted of spying for Israel's intelligence agency, the judiciary said Sunday, the latest in a series of executions following a 12-day war in June between the two countries.

"The execution of this spy... was carried out after confirmation by the Supreme Court and the rejection of his pardon request at Qom Prison," Kazem Mousavi, chief justice of Qom province, was quoted as saying by the judiciary's Mizan Online website.

The identity of the man -- who was hanged on Saturday in the holy city of Qom, south of Tehran -- was not immediately revealed.

According to the Iranian authorities, the suspect began contacting Israeli intelligence in October 2023 and was arrested between Jan

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