
Iran has executed four "saboteurs" linked to Israel's Mossad intelligence service, the Mizan news agency, which is linked to Iran's judicial system, said.
"Four members of a sabotage team linked to the Zionist regime [vj reference to Israel] who have carried out extensive actions against state security under the leadership of Mossad officials were executed this morning after legal proceedings," Mizan reported on December 29. .
Two weeks ago, Iran's state news agency IRNA said a suspected Mossad agent had been executed in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan. However, this media did not identify the person executed, nor did it provide details about the charges he was suspected of.
Iranian officials often accuse foreign powers of meddling, and trials in Iran are conducted in a non-transparent manner.
Israel's enemy Iran has also praised Hamas - the Palestinian group designated a terrorist organization by the US and the EU - for the October 7 attacks in southern Israel that sparked the war.
As a result of surprise attacks by Hamas, 1,200 people were killed in Israel and 240 others were kidnapped.
Israel responded with a ground and air campaign in Gaza that has so far killed more than 21,000 Palestinians and destroyed large parts of the Gaza Strip, home to 2.3 million people.