Two Iranians sentenced for spying
- Bassam Radi, Managing Editor
- Aug 11, 2020
- 1 min read
Updated: Aug 14, 2020
Iran has sentenced two Iranians to 10 years in person on charges of spying for Israel, Germany and the UK.
The two Iranian were identified as Masoud Mosaheb, and Shahram Shirkhani, the accusation against Mosaheb include sharing information on "nuclear and missile projects" with israel and german intelligence, while Shirkhabi was accused of spying for the UK, by gathering "sensitive information"
The judiciary spokesman mentioned that five employees of the foreign ministry, enertgy industries and companies have been detained.
Iran has had a history of executing people accused of spying, even as early as july, when Reza Asgari, a former defence ministry employee convicted of spying for the CIA, along with Mahmoud Mousavi Majd, who was convicted of providing information to the US and Israel which came at the same time Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike.
Another person accused of spying was executed a month prior, in June Jalal Hajizavar, a former employee at the Defense Ministry, he admitted in court he was paid by the CIA, he was hanged.

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