Iran executes high-profile Mossad spy behind assassination
Iran has executed a high-profile agent of the Israeli Mossad spy agency for his involvement in the 2022 assassination of a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in the capital Tehran.
According to a statement published by the public relations office of the Judiciary, the individual, identified as Mohsen Langarneshin, was captured and put on trial over intelligence cooperation and espionage at the behest of the occupying Zionist regime. He was sentenced to death for waging “moharebeh” (war against God), and committing “corruption on earth.”
Langarneshin underwent in-depth and thorough legal and criminal proceedings, and the final verdict was upheld by Iran’s Supreme Court.
He was hired by Mossad in October 2020, and conducted his first mission for the Israeli spy service in January 2020 after attending various training courses.
The convict worked in close cooperation with senior Israeli officers as well as Mossad agents inside Iran, was responsible for major missions, supported acts of terror and was present at the scene of IRGC Colonel Hassan Sayyad Khodaei’s targeted killing.
Khodaei was assassinated in a terrorist attack in Tehran on May 22, 2022 after two motorcyclists shot him five times before fleeing the scene.
He was dismounting his car to enter his home in an eastern neighborhood of the Iranian capital when three bullets hit him in the head and two bullets in the hand.
Langarneshin was convicted on several charges, including logistical, technical and operation support for an attack on an industrial center affiliated with the Iranian Defense Ministry in Isfahan, purchasing instruments and telecommunication equipment for the Mossad operatives in Iran, purchasing vehicles and furnishing them with the necessary equipment for operations, transferring money from the Mossad officers to the operatives inside Iran, and renting safe houses in several provinces.
On several occasions, Langarneshin supplied Mossad agents inside Iran with anonymous SIM cards, mobile phones and portable Internet modems in order to get and keep them in touch with their masters in the Israeli-occupied territories.
He had met with senior Mossad officers twice in Georgia and Nepal to receive instructions for the operations.
Langarneshin had openly confessed to his crimes during all stages of interrogation, prosecution and court proceedings.
