Iran: four people were executed for “cooperation” with Israel

These men had been arrested in May for “thefts, destruction of personal and public goods, kidnappings and extortion of false confessions”, according to the foreign guards. Iran is among the countries that execute the most prisoners in the world.

MO12345LEMONDE with AFP

Four Iranians were executed after their death sentence for “cooperation” with Israel, Iranian justice announced Sunday, December 4. “This morning, the sentences against four of the main members of the Rods Group linked to the Intelligence Services of the Zionist regime were executed”, according to the press agency of the judiciary Mizan Online.

On May 22, the Guardians of the Revolution, the Iran’s ideological army, announced the arrest of the members of “a network acting under the direction of the Israeli intelligence services, without specifying the place of their arrest. “According to the final decision rendered by the Supreme Court, the accused were sentenced to death for their cooperation with the Zionist regime and for kidnapping,” the judiciary announced on Wednesday.

“These people have committed thefts, destruction of personal and public goods, kidnappings and the extortion of false confessions”, according to the press release published by the Revolutionary Guards in May. According to human rights organizations, Iran is among the countries that execute the most prisoners in the world, after China. 2>

Iranian drones used in Ukraine

Iran has repeatedly announced the arrest of agents working for the intelligence services of foreign countries, notably Israel. At the end of July, he reported on the arrest of “agents” linked to Mossad, the Israeli external intelligence service, for having projected to target a “sensitive defense center”, saying that they were members of ‘A rebellious Kurdish group prohibited.

The Islamic Republic of Iran also accused Israel of having sabotaged some of its nuclear sites and of having murdered Iranian key personalities, especially scientists. The two countries have been engaged in a shadow war for years. Israel accuses Iran of wanting to acquire the atomic bomb and says it seek by all means of preventing it. Israel also wants to counter the influence of Iran in the Middle East. At the end of October, Israeli President Israeli Herzog explained to share with the United States information demonstrating, according to Israeli intelligence, the use of Iranian drones in the war in Ukraine.

/Media reports cited above.