‘Cooperation favouring Zionist regime’: Iran executes three men for spying for Israel; accused of smuggling assassination equipment

Iran on Wednesday executed three men convicted of spying for Israel’s intelligence company, Mossad, and smuggling equipment utilized in an assassination, in accordance with the judiciary’s Mizan information company.The people, Idris Ali, Azad Shojai, and Rasoul Ahmad Rasoul, had been executed in Urmia, a metropolis in north-western Iran close to the Turkish border. The smuggled equipment was used within the killing of an unnamed goal, however no additional particulars had been offered, reported Reuters quoting Mizan.The judiciary mentioned the men had tried to import gadgets into Iran “to carry out assassinations” and had been discovered responsible of “cooperation favouring the Zionist regime,” said the country’s judiciary.These executions come shortly after a truce was declared between Iran and Israel following hostilities that erupted on June 13. Since then, Iranian authorities have intensified arrests and prosecutions of individuals accused of spying for Israel.On Monday, Iranian authorities executed another man, Mohammad-Amin Mahdavi Shayesteh, for alleged intelligence cooperation with Israel. Several arrests of suspected Mossad agents have been announced by Iranian officials since the latest hostilities began.Iran’s judiciary chief, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, said earlier that cases involving collaboration with Israel would be handled more swiftly. He called such acts “support for the usurping regime” and described collaborators as a “fifth column” of the enemy.Iran remains one of the world’s leading users of the death penalty, second only to China, according to human rights organisations, including Amnesty international.