ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iran’s judiciary announced on Saturday that a man accused of spying for Israel and providing information on military and missile sites in the central province of Isfahan during the 12-day war between Iran and Israel has been executed, the latest in a growing number of executions of people accused of spying for Israel.
During the conflict last year, Israel “targeted several sensitive military sites in Iran, and it was later determined that some of these targets had been hit with the cooperation of a small number of alleged agents and people described by Iranian authorities as traitors,” the judiciary-affiliated Mizan news agency reported on Saturday.
The judiciary said that an individual identified as Hossein Pedran had been executed for allegedly being among those “working against Iran by sending sensitive and classified information to US and Israeli intelligence services.”
According to his alleged confessions, he did so for financial gain.
Iran has previously executed numerous people accused of espionage and assisting foreign countries, particularly Israel and the United States, including during the 12-day war last year and the 40-day war that began in late February 2026.
On August 23, Iranian authorities hanged Majid Adineh, who had been convicted of several offenses, including acting on behalf of the US, Israel and groups hostile to the Islamic Republic.
Earlier that month, on August 3, Iran executed two others, Omid Behzad and Pouria Safvat, after accusing them of passing military and security information to Israel during the 12-day and 40-day wars, according to Iranian judicial authorities.
Iran Human Rights said earlier this month that at least 14 people had been executed on espionage charges in the first eight months of 2026, among a total of 532 executions during the period. Those executed also included people linked to the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement and the January 2026 protests, as well as political prisoners.
Rights groups say the wars have enabled Iranian authorities to intensify an already severe domestic crackdown, using national security charges to spread fear and target political prisoners, protesters and dissidents as executions continue at an accelerating pace.
Iran also carries out public hangings, a practice rights groups say is intended to intimidate the population and deter dissent. In July, Abolfazl Sepahi Badjani and Amirhossein Safari Hosseinabadi, both detained during the January protests, were publicly hanged in Alikhani Square in Isfahan.
