Iran executes civil defence official convicted of spying for Israel

Mizan news, the official media outlet of the Iranian judiciary, noted that a senior official in the country's civil defence authority was executed after being convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad intelligence agency, Report informs via AlJazeera.

Mehdi Farid, who held a management position at the government bureau devoted to civil defence, was hanged after Iran's Supreme Court upheld his conviction, according to Mizan.

During the investigation, Farid confessed to attempting to pass sensitive information to Israeli intelligence, including organisational charts, the layout of internal buildings, security details of defence facilities and personnel records, according to the news outlet.