Iran executes civil defense official for espionage
Published: 02:55 22 April 2026
A civil defense official convicted of spying for Israel has been executed in Iran.
The country's official judiciary outlet, Mizan News, reported the news on Wednesday, citing Qatar-based Al Jazeera.
According to the report, Mehdi Farid, a senior civil defense official, was found guilty of spying for Israel's Mossad intelligence agency. Iran's Supreme Court later upheld his death sentence and the execution was carried out based on that verdict.
Mizan News reported that during the investigation, Farid confessed to trying to smuggle sensitive information to Israeli intelligence. This information included the structure of government institutions, interior building designs, security systems of defense installations and important personnel documents.
The incident has sparked renewed discussion in the context of ongoing tensions between Iran and Israel.
Advertisement
Most Readed - International
- 8,542 Hired at Islami Bank Without Public Notice or Exams: Bangladesh Bank Report
- Habib Wahid: From Krishno to a New Sound in Bangla Music
- Shah Rukh Wipes Face with Pooja Dadlani’s Dupatta; Video Sparks Discussion
- Bangladesh Secures First Asian Games Hockey Win by Defeating Sri Lanka 5–1
- Unauthorized Access by OpenAI Agent to Australia's Medicare Portal: Albanese
- Zubaida Rahman Addresses UN Women Leaders' Platform
- 2 Arrested in Savar for Allegedly Extorting Money by Posing as DB Police
- Risk of 451,000 excess deaths over the next six months due to ‘extraordinary’ heat.
- Route Permits to Be Cancelled for Even 1 Paisa Extra Bus Fare
- 11 Students Injured in Shooting Outside Turkish School, 15-Year-Old Suspect Detained
- 15 artists including Boga Taleb to sing in memory of Razzak Dewan
- Joining the Mecca Pact is Bangladesh's own matter: Jamaat Ameer
- Salman Shah, the evergreen hero of Bengali cinema, lost untimely
- AC explosion in Pakistani hospital, 15 newborns die
- Time has released a list of 100 influential people in the world of AI
- Bangladeshi football will not change just by playing with Brazil, says Aminul
- Rain forecast for five more days across the country
- Police deny permission for Awami League-affiliated seminar in Delhi
- Tokyo, not Bangkok, is becoming the new center of sex tourism
- Nepal faces another major flood threat, upstream water barrier not broken