Iran says it hanged agent working for Israel during pre-war protests

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Iran has said it an individual working for Israeli intelligence for vandalism and violence during nationwide protests this year, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reports.

It said Erfan Kiani, a “hired thug of Mossad”, had engaged in the destruction and arson of public and private property, spreading fear and terror across the central city of Isfahan, and wielding a machete.

He was hanged early in the morning after his sentence was confirmed by the Supreme Court and following legal procedures, Tasnim said.

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