Iran executes nuclear scientist for espionage
Iran has executed a nuclear scientist convicted of spying for Israel. The country’s judiciary announced on Wednesday (August 6) that the scientist named Rouzbeh Vadi was hanged. The Iranian judiciary’s online portal Mizan reported that “his death sentence was carried out after the conclusion of the judicial process and the approval of the verdict by the Supreme Court.” The report also said that Rouzbeh Vadi worked for the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad and leaked information about a nuclear scientist killed during the Zionist regime’s recent invasion. A new law was recently passed in Iran amending the penalty for espionage. According to the new law, if a person is found to be involved in espionage activities for an enemy state or group, his property can be confiscated in addition to the death penalty. The law states that no appeal can be made against any sentence other than the death penalty. And the death penalty can be appealed to the Supreme Court within a maximum of 10 days. However, after the bill was passed by parliament, several Iranian lawyers criticized it. The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights expressed concern. In the Israeli invasion of Iran, several senior commanders of the Iranian military, as well as at least a dozen nuclear scientists, were killed. Among them, scientist Fereydoun Abbasi was the former head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran. Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi was serving as the president of the Islamic Azad University in Tehran.
