Iran executes two men accused of spying for Israel

Iran executed two Iranian nationals on Monday after accusing them of sending sensitive military and security location coordinates to Israel and planning attacks inside the country, according to reports from the Fars news agency and the judiciary's news outlet Mizan. The men, identified as Mohammad Masoum Shahi and Hamed Validi, were convicted of cooperating with Israel’s Mossad intelligence service and receiving training abroad, including in Iraq’s Kurdistan region. Their convictions included charges of "enmity against God" and cooperation with hostile groups, with their death sentences upheld by the Supreme Court. However, Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the political arm of the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI), denied the accusations. Rajavi stated on X that their only "crime was their commitment to freedom and the liberation of their people," and called for international action to halt the executions of PMOI members and other political prisoners who remain on death row.