26/6/2025–|Last update: 11:52 (Mecca time)
Newsweek magazine said that Iran executed 3 people on charges of spying in favor of Israel, which raises the number of executions related to spying during the last war to six, according to government media.
The newspaper pointed out – in a report by Amir Dafati – that the three people were charged with smuggling “assassinations” and helping sabotage targeting Iranian vital infrastructure.
These executions come amid a comprehensive campaign, during which more than 700 people were arrested in 12 days, after the ceasefire, which ended for nearly two weeks of intense raids with drones and missiles between Iran and Israel.
Despite the temporary stopping of direct hostilities, Tehran, according to the magazine, continues a large -scale campaign to arrest collaborators with Israel, which confirms the regime’s intention to dismantle a sprawling spy network within its borders, according to the magazine.
Tehran claims that Israeli agents – with the help of local collaborators – enabled Israel to carry out accurate strikes and assassinations inside the country during the recent war, which means that the Israeli intelligence services are able to influence the battlefield with the help of firm human cadres, says the American magazine.
The Iranian authorities revealed that many of the spies who were arrested and executed belong to ethnic minorities, especially Kurdish and Azerbaijani, near the western and northwestern borders of the country.
Many of the spies who were arrested and executed belong to ethnic minorities, especially Kurdish and Azerbaijani, near the western and northwestern borders of the country.
Official Iranian media reported that Israeli intelligence is taking advantage of the social and economic weaknesses of these societies and their deep local knowledge, to recruit agents using encrypted messages applicationsCross currencies To transfer sensitive military and nuclear information.
Among the accused spies, the accused of individuals who provided very important intelligence information that enabled Israel to launch attacks with drones and missiles on Iranian targets, noting that some agents received training in countries, including Georgia and Nepal, with an arrangement from Israeli intelligence.
Tehran also accuses the Iranian expatriates, and the sympathetic, disorganized groups of Israel of providing support for spying in the field of logistical services, communications and financing.
Tehran accuses the Iranian expatriates, and the sympathetic, disorganized groups of Israel have provided support for spying in the field of logistical services, communications and financing
A report of the Economist magazine indicated that the advanced espionage campaign launched by Israeli intelligence over years, and included clients of the Mossad disguised in foreign uniforms, played a pivotal role in collecting intelligence information about Iranian nuclear program And missile capabilities, with alleged cooperation from American agencies.
Human rights warnings
And condemned human rights organizations, including Amnesty InternationalWhat was considered by an extensive Iranian repression campaign, and warned against the government’s use of war as an excuse to escalate repression, from forced confessions, the absence of due legal procedures, and the use of the death penalty, calling for transparent investigations and judicial supervision.
The newspaper concluded that the balance between national security and human rights, while Tehran is trying to consolidate its control after the war, is still a critical issue that has not yet been resolved.