Iran executes ex-employee of defence ministry on charges of spying for CIA
Iran has executed a "defence ministry contractor" convicted of spying for the CIA. "The execution sentence was carried out for Jalal Hajizavar, a contractor for the defence ministry's aerospace organisation who spied for the CIA and the American government," the Iranian military said in a statement.
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- Published Date: 05:22 | 22 June 2019
- Modified Date: 05:22 | 22 June 2019
Iran executed a former contract employee for the aerospace organization of the defence ministry in recent days on charges of spying for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, the IRIB news agency reported on Saturday.
Jalal Hajizavar had left his post nine years ago and was convicted by a military court after an investigation which discovered documents and spying equipment at his home, the report said.
He was executed at the Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj, west of Tehran, without providing further details.