Iran hangs man convicted of spying for Mossad

Ali Akbar Siadat was found guilty of relaying sensitive data to Mossad, having worked for the Israeli intelligence agency since 2004. He was arrested four years later when he tried to leave Iran with his wife.

Iran and Israel have been enemies since the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran and Tehran periodically announces the arrest of people suspected of spying for Israel, which Iran refuses to recognise.

“Ali Akbar Siadat, who spied for Israel’s Mossad, was hanged inside the Evin prison (in Tehran) this morning,” IRNA said. “He was convicted of corruption on the earth, confronting the Islamic Republic and strengthening the Zionist regime (Israel).”

“Siadat confessed receiving $60,000 for transferring classified information to Mossad on Iran’s military activities,” IRNA said. The statement said he had been given “special equipment, including a laptop,” to contact Mossad.

IRNA said Siadat met Israeli agents in Turkey, Thailand and the Netherlands among other countries.

He gave them information on Iran’s military drills, military bases, military aircraft as well as missile systems operated by the Revolutionary Guards, the news agency said.