TEHRAN, Iran
Iran on Friday December 29, hanged four people convicted of spying for arch foe Israel, the judiciary said, less than two weeks after authorities had executed a man on similar grounds.
"Four members of a
sabotage group related to the Zionist regime (Israel)... were hanged this
morning" in Iran's northwestern province of West Azerbaijan, the
judiciary's Mizan Online website reported.
It identified them as three
men -- Vafa Hanareh, Aram Omari and Rahman Parhazo -- and one woman, Nasim
Namazi, who had all been sentenced to death on charges of
"moharebeh", or waging war against God, and "corruption on
Earth" through their "collaboration with the Zionist regime".
The group "committed
extensive actions against the country's security under the guidance of the
Mossad", Israel's spy agency, Mizan said.
Iran does not recognise Israel
and the two countries have engaged in a shadow war for years.
On December 16, a man also
convicted of working for Mossad was executed in the southeastern province of
Sistan-Baluchistan.
The judiciary at the time did
not identify the man but said he had been convicted of "intelligence
cooperation and espionage for the benefit for the hostile Zionist regime".
In December 2022, the Islamic
republic hanged another four people who had been convicted of collaborating
with Israel's intelligence services.
Tehran accuses Israel of
carrying out a wave of sabotage attacks and assassinations targeting its
nuclear programme.
According to rights groups
including Amnesty International, Iran executes more people per year than any
other nation except China.
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