Iran executed on Monday July 20 a man convicted of spying for his armed forces on behalf of the United States and Israel, in particular on the movements of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, who was later killed by a drone strike, a announced justice.

"Mahmoud Moussavi Majd's sentence was carried out on Monday morning for espionage so that the case of his betrayal towards his country is closed forever," said the Iranian justice official website, Mizan Online.

Moussavi Majd has been charged with providing information to the United States and Israel on the movements of General Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in early January in an American drone strike in Baghdad.

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Architect of Iran's Middle East Strategy, mighty General Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard branch responsible for the Islamic Republic's foreign operations, was killed on January 3 by an American air strike in front of the international airport. of Baghdad, with his lieutenant, the Iraqi Abou Mehdi al-Mouhandis, leader of the pro-Iran paramilitaries in this country.

To justify the order to kill him, US President Donald Trump had assured after his death that Soleimani, whom he described as "the number one terrorist" in the world, was planning "imminent" attacks on American diplomats and soldiers.

In response to the attack on Soleimani, the Islamic Republic had launched missiles against Iraqi military bases sheltering Americans, causing significant material damage, according to Washington.

With AFP

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