Iran executes database specialist accused of spying for Mossad

Iran executed Bahman Choubi-Asl, a database specialist due to alleged cooperation with the Mossad intelligence service of Israel, Report informs via Mehr.

Bahman Choubi Asl, who had allegedly engaged in "broad and deliberate collaboration" with Mossad in the field of databases, was hanged this morning "following due legal process," Mehr said.

"Choubi was a specialist in database systems who, through his role in a knowledge-based company, gained access to critical and telecommunications projects in the country. Choubi-Asl served as a manager across all the company's projects and held high-level access to vital and sovereign national databases," the agency said.