Iran executes Mossad spy for espionage amid Israeli aggression
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Iranian authorities say the collaborator leaked sensitive intel for money and the promise of residency abroad.
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Babak Shahbazi was executed on September 17, 2025 for working for the Israeli Mossad spy agency. (Mizan News Agency)
Iran on Wednesday carried out the execution of a man convicted of working with "Israel’s" Mossad intelligence agency and providing sensitive information about high-security sites during the Israeli aggression on Iran in June.
The judiciary’s Mizan News Agency identified the man as Babak Shahbazi, reporting that he was “executed by hanging” following the completion of legal proceedings and the confirmation of his death sentence by the Supreme Court.
“Babak Shahbazi, a Mossad spy who had intelligence, espionage, and security cooperation with the Zionist regime and was exchanging information with individuals affiliated with this regime, was executed by hanging this morning after the completion of the legal process and his sentence being confirmed by the Supreme Court,” Mizan stated.
According to Mizan, his professional role was designing and installing industrial cooling systems for companies tied to Iran’s military, security, and telecommunications sectors gave him access to sensitive facilities. He passed information to Mossad in return for money and the promise of residency abroad.
Links to previous cases
Authorities said Shahbazi worked with Esmaeil Fekri, another man executed in June for spying for "Israel" since 2022. According to the judiciary, Shahbazi asked Fekri to scour Israeli social media and offered to provide intelligence on senior Iranian officials, including their locations and movements, in exchange for “security for himself and his family, permanent residency in the United States, and 120 million dollars in cash or cryptocurrency.”
Mizan added that in weekly communications with Mossad handlers, Shahbazi disclosed “the exact locations of projects, the type of project activities, the number of personnel active in each project, entry and exit points of each complex, the specifications of the head and key individuals, technical issues, and the strong and weak points of the projects.”
Shahbazi’s lawyer appealed to the Supreme Court, but the court upheld the ruling and rejected the request, according to Mizan.
Wider crackdown on espionage
Iran’s intelligence services announced in late July the detention of 20 individuals identified as “spies, Mossad operational and support agents, and elements connected to the regime’s intelligence officers” in Tehran and several other provinces.
"Israel" had launched an aggression against Iran on June 13, during which senior commanders, nuclear scientists, and civilians were killed. Within 24 hours, Iran launched a retaliatory response involving missile and drone strikes, later escalating its operations under the True Promise III campaign.
The United States entered the war on June 22, launching strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites, a move Tehran condemned as a violation of international law. In response, Iran targeted Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the largest US military installation in the region.
After 12 days of aggression, Iran emerged victorious from "Israel's" war after the ceasefire between Tehran and the Israeli occupation came into effect on June 24.
