Sanchita Chatterjee, BS News Agency: Death sentences, based on recent information from the Iranian judiciary and international media: On May 2, 2026, two individuals, Yaqoob Karimpour and Nasser Bakarzadeh, were executed for leaking information about Iran's Natanz nuclear facility. Earlier, in April, three individuals, Mohammad Masoum Shahi, Hamid Validi, and Mehdi Farid, were hanged. These executions are usually carried out inside prisons (such as Urmia or Evin prisons) after legal process and approval by the Supreme Court. Nature of the allegations: According to Iran's claims, the detainees were providing Mossad with photos of military and nuclear installations, the location of officials, and secret information about important infrastructure in exchange for money. Concerns from human rights organizations According to international human rights organizations, prisoners in Iran are tortured to extract forced confessions and are being executed in hasty executions on political and espionage charges. Therefore, the incident of hanging suspected Israeli spies is true.
Iran has recently executed several people accused of spying for the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad.
May 10, 2026
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