An Iranian has been executed for alleged espionage for the US secret service CIA. The man was an employee of the space department in the Ministry of Defense. He and his wife were arrested in 2010 for espionage for the CIA, according to the investigators, according to evidence in their home had been secured.
After years of investigation, a military court sentenced the man to death. Following the Supreme Court’s approval of the ruling, he was hanged at the beginning of the week in the Rajzhahr Jail of Karaj City. His wife was sentenced to 15 years‘ imprisonment, according to the web portal of the state broadcaster IRIB today.
In Iran, the death penalty is imposed for, among other things, murder, rape, armed robbery and heavier drug trafficking. Even with heavy military espionage, there can be death sentences. Iran has been the focus of international criticism for many years for numerous executions.
