Iran hanged two men on Saturday convicted of spying for Israel, the judiciary said.
“Yaghoub Karimpour and Nasser Bekrzadeh were hanged for the crime of intelligence cooperation and espionage in favour of the Zionist regime,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website said.
It was not immediately clear when the two men were arrested.
Mizan said that Karimpour was convicted of the capital offence of 'moharebeh', or waging war against God, for 'filming and photographing security and military locations and sending them to a Mossad officer during the imposed war, referring to Iran’s 12-day war with Israel in June 2025.'
It added that Bekrzadeh cooperated with Israel’s spy agency, Mossad, by sending information on religious and provincial figures, as well as important centres such as the Natanz area, home to a key nuclear site.
Mizan did not specify whether Bekrzadeh’s activities took place during wartime.
On 28 February, Israel and the United States launched strikes on Iran, triggering another war that engulfed the Middle East but has been paused since 8 April under a fragile ceasefire.
Iran has in recent weeks carried out multiple executions of people linked to mass protests in January, which authorities say were instigated by Israel, the United States and opposition groups, including the banned People’s Mujahedin organisation.
On Thursday, Iran said that it hanged a man, identified as Sasan Azadvar, who was convicted of acting on behalf of such groups by attacking police officers in the central province of Isfahan during the pre-war protests.
The demonstrations began in late December over rising living costs before spreading nationwide and evolving into anti-government protests that peaked on 8 and 9 January.
Iranian authorities said the rallies began peacefully before turning into 'foreign-instigated riots' that involved killings and vandalism.
