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Iran announces execution of ‘spy’ for CIA, Mossad

The Iranian judiciary said that the man gave the United States and Israel information on the movements of IRGC Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, killed in January by an American drone.

Jul. 20, 2020
Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
( Jul. 20, 2020 / JNS )

The Islamic Republic executed a man on Monday for espionage on behalf of American and Israeli intelligence, the Iranian Tasnim News Agency reported.

According to the report, the Iranian judiciary announced that Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd had provided the CIA and the Mossad information on the movements of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated by an American drone in January.

The report also said, however, that the judiciary denies Soleimani’s killing was the impetus for Mousavi-Majd’s execution.

This follows the Iranian judiciary’s announcement in mid-July that it had executed a former defense ministry staffer who sold information to the CIA.

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