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Iran claimed it has executed a man for allegedly spying for Israel in what is the first such killing since the regime’s war against the US and Israel began.
Kourosh Keyvani, who was arrested during the 12-day war last June, allegedly sent images and details about sensitive locations to Mossad intelligence officers, according to the Mizan Online website.
“The death sentence of a spy for the Zionist regime, who had been providing images and information, about the country’s sensitive locations to Mossad officers was carried out this morning,” Tehran said.
Keyvani received training in Tel Aviv, and six European countries, which have not been named. Israel has not commented on the execution, the Times of Israel reported.
Iran is known for conducting sham trials that lead to the executions of suspected spies and protesters.
Last year, authorities passed a law that made spying for Israel or the US a death penalty offense.
“All deliberate assistance is condemned as corruption on Earth,” the law stated, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency.
The execution comes as the clerical regime launched retaliatory attacks on Wednesday over the death of top security official Ali Larijani.
Iran’s Tasnim News Agency has shared video showing missiles reportedly bound for Tel Aviv being launched.
One of the missiles Tehran claims to have launched is a Khorramshahr-4, which has a range of 1,242 miles and can carry a nearly 4,000-pound warhead.
Amir Hatami, the Iranian army commander-in-chief, warned that the response to Larijani’s assassination will be “decisive and regrettable.”
Missile attacks on Israel were carried out in “revenge for the blood” of Larijani and his companions, according to the regime. Iran has consistently claimed Larijani was martyred in Tuesday’s airstrike.
Senior military official Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi, who has been sanctioned by the US Treasury, warned President Trump he must “wait for our surprises.”
Aliabadi claimed Iran’s response would be “more devastating than the actions and imagination of the enemy,” according to the Tasnim News Agency.
Iran’s wave of attacks saw a couple in their 70s killed in Ramat Gan – east of Tel Aviv – and a Tel Aviv train station was damaged.
The couple died just “a few meters from the safe room,” Haim Sargerof, the Tel Aviv District Police Commander, said.
Video, taken in a Tel Aviv residential area and seen by CNN, showed a vehicle on fire and debris strewn across the road.
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other Arab states also faced barrages of Iranian-fired missiles and drones Wednesday that were intercepted by air defense systems.
Meanwhile, Israel has continued its operations in Lebanon – with explosions heard in Beirut on Wednesday.
Israel’s strikes have displaced more than 1 million Lebanese — roughly 20 per cent of the population — according to the Lebanese government, which says more than 900 people have been killed.
IDF officials have warned residents in southern Lebanon to evacuate as forces work to eradicate Hezbollah strongholds.
“Hezbollah’s terror activities are forcing the IDF to act forcefully against it in that area, and it does not intend to harm you,” Col. Avichay Adraee, the army spokesperson, said.
With Post wires.
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