Iran carried out the execution of a man charged with espionage for Israel's Mossad agency, further straining relations between the two nations, local media reported, with the judiciary confirmed the execution of Pedram Madani on Wednesday.
Mizan Online reported that Pedram Madani was convicted of spying for the "Zionist regime". Following his arrest, a comprehensive legal process culminated in the Supreme Court affirming his death sentence, which was promptly carried out.
Madani allegedly passed classified data to Mossad agents. The judiciary claimed he held clandestine meetings with Israeli operatives in Brussels and other international locations.
"After identification, arrest, and judicial proceedings against Pedram Madani, who was spying in favour of the Zionist regime, and following the complete process of criminal procedure and the final confirmation and upholding of the verdict by the Supreme Court, he was brought to justice and executed," the judiciary's Mizan Online reported.
Iran alleged that Madani's traveled to Israel between 2020–2021 before his apprehension. The judiciary also convicted Madani of accumulating "illicit wealth" through euros and bitcoin payments from Israel. These transactions supposedly underscored his alleged ties to Mossad.
Madani faced charges of waging war against God and "corruption on earth," resulting in his execution for "espionage on behalf of the Zionist regime's intelligence service (Mossad)." The judiciary portrayed his actions as a grave threat to Iran's national security. In April, Iran executed Mohsen Langarneshin for his alleged role in the 2022 assassination of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Colonel Hassan Sayyad Khodaei, supposedly on orders from the Mossad.
