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Iran Executes Spy for Mossad Collaboration Amid Tensions

12/23/2025

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Aghil Keshavarz, 27, was executed by Iran on Saturday for espionage, state media reported.
He was convicted of collaborating with Israel's Mossad, taking photos of military sites, and conducting over 200 intelligence missions across Iran.
The Supreme Court upheld his death sentence after he was arrested in May while photographing a military headquarters in Urmia, part of a pattern that has included 11 executions since a June conflict with Israel.

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Aghil Keshavarz, 27, was executed by Iran on Saturday for espionage, state media reported.
He was convicted of collaborating with Israel's Mossad, taking photos of military sites, and conducting over 200 intelligence missions across Iran.
The Supreme Court upheld his death sentence after he was arrested in May while photographing a military headquarters in Urmia, part of a pattern that has included 11 executions since a June conflict with Israel.