TEHRAN, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Iran on Tuesday executed a man convicted of spying for and intelligence cooperation with Israel, the Mizan news agency of the Iranian judiciary reported.
Identifying the individual as Gholamreza Khani-Shekarab, the report said he was hanged following judicial proceedings and the upholding of his death sentence by the Supreme Court of Iran.
It added that the convict was an "operational ringleader" of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad outside Iran, tasked with recruiting and employing individuals inside the country to carry out anti-security actions. He was arrested by the intelligence forces of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps after being lured into the country in a complicated operation.
According to Mizan, the stages of recruiting and guiding Khani-Shekarab took place abroad, and he was employed by Mossad with full knowledge.
The report listed some of the actions carried out by the convict under Mossad's orders, such as throwing acid at cars of targeted individuals, damaging and setting fire to public property, carrying out sabotage operations, preparing and sending bombs to the Iranian capital Tehran to cause explosions and insecurity in different places, and sending pictures of specific locations to Mossad officers. ■
