An Iranian man was executed over the charge of espionage

News24xx.com - An Iranian man named Mahmoud Mousavi Majd was arrested in 2018, was executed on Monday morning over the charge of espionage. 

The execution of that man did by Iran's judiciary after he was spying for the intelligence agencies of the United States and Israel.

The former translator had been found guilty of receiving large sums of money from the US's CIA and Israel's Mossad, said judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili.

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On January 3, a US drone strike in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, killed Soleimani, leader of the IRGC's Quds Force, raising fears of a full-blown conflict between the US and Iran. Tehran retaliated for his killing by firing a volley of ballistic missiles at the bases housing US troops in Iraq.

Majd was not an IRGC member but infiltrated many sensitive areas under the cover of being a translator.

Iran said last week it had executed another man convicted of spying for the CIA by selling information about Iran's missile program.

The latest execution came days after an "unprecedented" online campaign saw Iranians taking to social media in droves to express their opposition to the death sentences handed to three men accused of participating in anti-government protests last November.