Iran executes two men over alleged spying for Israel
Iran has executed two men convicted of spying for Israel, according to Iranian media and rights groups.
The men were identified as Yaqoub Karimpour and Nasser Bakarzadeh.
Iran's judiciary said Karimpour had cooperated with Mossad during the 12-day war of June 2025 and passed sensitive national information to Israel's intelligence service.
It said Bakarzadeh had collected details of senior political and religious figures, as well as coordinates of key locations including the Natanz area, and sent them to a Mossad officer.
Their death sentences had been upheld by Iran's Supreme Court.
The Human Rights Activists News Agency had warned that the executions were imminent, and said Karimpour had been denied access to a lawyer and family visits during detention.
The executions come amid a wider wave of capital punishment in Iran and renewed international concern over due process.
Iran's judiciary chief has rejected pressure to halt executions, saying authorities would show no leniency in carrying out sentences.
Rights groups say the cases are part of a broader pattern of executions linked to espionage allegations in recent weeks.
