TEHRAN, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Iran on Wednesday executed a man convicted of spying for Israel's intelligence agency Mossad, the Mizan news agency of the Iranian judiciary reported.
The report identified the individual as Ali Ardestani, describing him as a "key" Mossad operative inside Iran who had sent sensitive information from the country to Israel.
Mizan stated that he had been recruited by Mossad through social media and carried out a number of missions for Mossad, including photographing specific locations and providing information on certain individuals, for which he was paid in digital currency.
The agency said Ardestani had confessed to knowingly cooperating with Mossad officers and providing them with "valuable" information.
His death sentence was carried out after full judicial proceedings and confirmation by the Supreme Court of Iran, it added. ■
