Iran executes a man convicted of spying on Israel, but activists say his confession was forced

Iran hung a man on Wednesday who was convicted of working as a spy for the Foreign Intelligence Agency of Israel, Mossad, and attending the murder of 2022 of a revolutionary colonel in Tehran, according to the official news agency of the Republic of the Islamic Republic. An activist group says that his confession was forced.

Mohsen Langoshin, identified by the news agency as one of the “best spies of Mossad within Iran”, supposedly provided a “technical support” in the murder of Colonel Hassan Sayyad Khodaei, who was shot five times by two armed men not identified on a motorcycle, he said he has been bought by Langarnesshin, near his home in Tehran.

At the time of their murder, Iranian media identified Khodaei only as a “defender of the sanctuary”, according to News. The term is a euphemism used by Iran to refer to the Iranians fighting Isis in Syria and Iraq within the strength of the elite of the Revolutionary Guard.

Irna said Langarnesshin had also provided support for an attack on an industrial center linked to the Iran Ministry of Defense, vehicles and the team bought “to create a safe environment for the elements of Mossad in Iran,” he transferred the money of Mossad officers to contacts within the country and rented security houses in several Iranian provinces. One of those houses was in Isfahan, where, in January 2023, Attacked bomb transport drones What Iran described as a military workshop. Iran has accused Israel of making a meteorologist of the attack.

Langarnesshin was recruited by Mossad in 2020 and worked for the Israelis for two years, according to Iran’s state media, during which he met with Mossad officers in the Nation of Georgia and Nepal, “and received their missions.”

Irna said Langerneshin confessed “during all stages of the interrogation, prosecution and judicial procedures,” after being “confronted with extensive case documents.”

The Human Rights news agency, a non -profit group focused on rights issues in Iran, said on Wednesday that a source close to Langerneshin’s family had recently told the organization that “he had been promised that if he repeated what the interrogators wanted in the camera, he would only face the prison. As a result, the confessions were extracted under pressure and coercion.”

The organization cited another source who said it was close to Langarnesshin saying that “it was taken to the specified and forced location to narrate a script pre -written by the interrogators, which was filmed.”

Masoud Langarnesshin, Mohsen’s father, released a video in the days before the execution claiming that his son had been sentenced to death without a fair trial. His mother, who issued a public appeal for help to human rights organizations, had his last visit with his son in the prison of Ghezel Hesar in Karaj, west of Tehran, on April 29.

Iran’s revolutionary court, who condemned Langaroshin to death, was established after the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and is known for his brutal punishments of the political opponents of the clerical rulers of the country. The court generally provides a lawyer appointed by the court and does not allow any press access.

“After going through legal procedures in several stages of the case, Langarnoshin was sentenced to death, and his sentence was held this morning,” Irna said on Wednesday.

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