Iran executes man it says spied for US and Israel

Mahmoud Mousavi Majd was found guilty of reporting the whereabouts of Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian military commander killed in a US drone strike.
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Demonstrators wearing hangman's nooses hold portraits of Amirhossein Moradi, Mohammad Rajabi and Saeed Tamjidi, who took part in street demonstrations in Iran last year and now face possible execution, to demand their release at a gathering in favor of regime change in Iran on July 17, 2020, in Berlin, Germany. - Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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Iran has executed a man convicted of spying for the United States and Israel, state media reported on Monday.  

Mahmoud Mousavi Majd, a former translator, was accused of reporting the locations of Iranian troops in Syria and those of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander, Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani. The powerful commander was killed last January in a US drone strike in Baghdad. 

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