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Iran executes four men convicted of spying for Israel

  • 29 Jan 2024
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Iran executed four men at dawn on Monday after they were convicted of spying for the country's arch-foe Israel, according to Tehran's judiciary.

"The death sentence of four members of a group affiliated with the Zionist spy organisation, who were arrested... for plotting a bombing operation in (the central province of) Isfahan, was carried out this morning," the judiciary's website Mizan Online reported.

Agence France-Presse

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