The report said Pedram Madani was hanged after the country’s supreme court upheld a death sentence issued by a lower court.
The official IRNA news agency said Madani visited Israel and met Mossad officers to convey classified information about buildings in Iran where “infrastructure” equipment was installed.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) military personnel burn an Israeli flag during a rally in Tehran. Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
People drive past an anti-Israel billboard featuring the shape of a traditional Yemeni dagger made of map pins and sentences reading “All targets are within reach, we choose’ in Hebrew and ‘All targets are available, now Yemeni missiles’ in Persian, in Tehran’s Palestine square on May 5, 2025 AFP via Getty ImagesThe report did not elaborate but said Madani received foreign currency and cryptocurrency in return for the information. It said Madani also met Mossad officers at the Israeli embassy in Belgium.
Israel’s security agency had no immediate comment.
An Iranian man holds a sign during a pro-Palestine rally in Tehran on May 2, 2025. AFP via Getty Images
Authorities arrested Madani, 41, in 2020.
In April, Iran executed a man convicted of working with the Mossad and of playing a role in the 2022 killing of a Revolutionary Guard colonel in Tehran.
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