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Iran executed a man on Saturday over alleged links to Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency and his involvement in anti-government protests in January.
Erfan Kiani is the latest in a series of executions carried out in Iran in the aftermath of recent unrest and conflict-related tensions.
Iran’s judiciary-affiliated Mizan news agency said Kiani had been convicted of charges including involvement in attacks on security forces in the city of Isfahan in January.
Authorities also alleged he was carrying out a “mission for Mossad,” though no evidence was provided to support the claim.
The man was also accused of acts of sabotage during countrywide protests in January, Iran’s semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported.
The condemned man was accused of “creating terror” and was hanged earlier today after the Supreme Court confirmed the verdict, Tasnim reports.