Iran has put to death four individuals this week, asserting that the men had connections to Israeli intelligence agencies, as reported by the Iranian state-supported media source, Mizan News Agency.
Iran executed Mehdi Farid on Tuesday, following claims by authorities that he supplied sensitive national information to Mossad. Earlier this week, three additional men labeled by the regime as Mossad spies were executed: Amirali Mirjafari, Hamed Validi, and Mohammad Masoum Shahi.
Iran has a lengthy record of claiming espionage for Israel to impose the death penalty. The nation has executed political prisoners this year, along with dissidents involved in the extensive anti-government protests in January.
According to a joint report issued earlier this month by Together Against the Death Penalty (EPCM), based in Paris, and the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR), Iran executed the largest number of individuals last year in over thirty years. The report revealed that at least 1,639 individuals were executed in 2025, representing the highest annual figure since 1989. The report indicated that the actual figure might be significantly greater because of insufficient transparency in the judicial system.
“The death penalty in Iran serves as a means of political oppression and suppression, with ethnic minorities and other marginalized communities overrepresented among those executed,” stated Raphaël Chenuil-Hazan, the executive director of the human rights organization ECPM, in the report.
Xenix News report contributed by Jonny Hallam.
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