Iran to execute man convicted of spying on Soleimani for US, Israel
The Iranian judiciary has remained vague on whether information allegedly passed on by Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd had been directly involved in the US killing of the top general.
The judiciary of the Islamic Republic has sentenced an Iranian to death for allegedly passing intelligence to the United States and Israel on the “movements and whereabouts” of Iranian armed forces, including slain Gen. Qasem Soleimani. According to judiciary spokesperson Gholam-Hossein Esmaeeli, the informant, identified as Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd, will “soon” be executed as the verdict has already been upheld by the country’s high court.
“Mousavi gathered intelligence for both Mossad and the CIA in exchange for US dollars,” the Iranian spokesman said in a June 9 briefing in Tehran. The previous stages of the proceedings had never been made public and Mousavi has become the first suspect to be named in Iran’s investigation of the Soleimani assassination.
