Behind Iran’s Executing an Alleged ‚US and Israeli Spy‘

by Seth Frantzman
The Jerusalem Post
July 20, 2020
“ „A Mossad spy was hanged,“ Iran’s Fars News reported Monday morning. Iran accused Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd of being „linked to both Mossad and the CIA, collecting information in various areas of security and providing them to foreign intelligence for US dollars.“
He was responsible for passing on information related to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, who the US assassinated in January, the report said.
The execution was given front-page headlines in Iran the day after a high-level visit to Iraq by Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif. The message appears to be that Iran is trying to show it has cracked down on foreign intelligence networks and made it harder for the US or others to penetrate the Islamic Republic.
After a dozen mysterious fires and explosions have rocked Iran since late June, the country has said any sabotage could „ignite full escalation.“ The execution comes in this context as well. … “ (…)
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