Iran Executes Convicted Mossad Agent Amid Rising Security Tensions

On May 26, Iranian authorities hanged Gholamreza Khani Shakarab after a Supreme Court upheld his conviction for espionage on behalf of Israel’s Mossad. Officials say he led recruitment efforts inside Iran and plotted an assassination to frame the government. He was arrested by IRGC intelligence after being lured into the country through a complex deception operation. Details on his arrest and trial dates were not disclosed, though state media confirmed the sentence was enforced today. This execution follows a wave of security-related hangings since the conflict with Israel and the United States intensified in February. According to rights groups, Iran now carries out the world’s second-highest number of executions.

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