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Iran Executes Mossad Spy After Court Upholds Death Sentence

5/27/2026

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Iran executed Gholamreza Khani Shakarab on Tuesday after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence for espionage for Israel’s Mossad.
The judiciary called him an operational ringleader who recruited Iranians for anti-security actions and helped plan an overseas assassination of a Jewish rabbi.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) arrested Shakarab after a deception operation lured him back into Iran.
He later confessed to receiving cryptocurrency, cash and damaging state property.

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Iran executed Gholamreza Khani Shakarab on Tuesday after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence for espionage for Israel’s Mossad.
The judiciary called him an operational ringleader who recruited Iranians for anti-security actions and helped plan an overseas assassination of a Jewish rabbi.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) arrested Shakarab after a deception operation lured him back into Iran.
He later confessed to receiving cryptocurrency, cash and damaging state property.