An alleged Mossad spy accused of collecting sensitive Iranian information and passing it to Israel’s intelligence services has been executed in Iran, according to the country’s Supreme Court.

Iran has executed a man accused of leading a network linked to Israel’s intelligence service, Mossad, and of setting fire to a mosque in Tehran during protests in January.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the country’s northern Gilan province arrested four people accused of having links to the Israeli spy agency, Mossad.

Iran has announced the arrest of four more suspected Israeli spies. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman, his military secretary, as the next director of the Mossad, marking a major leadership change at the country’s foreign intelligence agency.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) intelligence unit in Semnan says it has arrested two individuals suspected of working for Israel’s Mossad.

Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence says it has identified and arrested three individuals linked to an alleged Mossad online portal, as well as four members of a takfiri terrorist group.

Editor's note: Abraham Shmulevich, Israeli political scientist and president of the Eastern Partnership Institute. The article expresses the personal opinion of the author and may not coincide with the views of News.Az.