A prisoner charged with espionage for Israel and killing an Iranian nuclear scientist, was hanged this morning

Iran Human Rights, May 15: A prisoner identified as "Majid Jamali Fashi" was hanged in Tehran this morning.

According to the official site of the Iranian judiciary in Tehran," Majid Jamali Fashi" was convicted of "Moharebeh" and "corruption on earth" for murdering the Iranian nuclear scientist "(Masoud) Ali Mohammadi" and espionage for Mosad (the Israeli intelligence). He was sentenced to death in September 2011.

Iranian state media on Sunday announced that the trials of 10 to 15 "convicts of collaboraion with Mosad (the Israeli intelligence service) took place in Tehran. According to these news "most" of those charged were sentenced to imprisonment.

According to the Iranian opposition website Kalemeh the Iranian student Omid Kokabee was among those convicted for espionage on Sunday. Iran Human Rights has now confirmed that Omid Kokabee, the Iranian graduate student at the University of Texas, who was arrested by the Iranian authorities when he was visiting Iran, has been sentenced to 10 years in jail. According to the state run Mehr news agency the verdicts can be appealed within 20 days.

Iran Human Rights spokesperson Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam condemned today’s execution and the heavy jail sentences issued on Sunday. He said: "We have many reports indicating that prisoners are subjected to torture and forced confessions". He added: "Often the prisoners are sentenced based on the confessions they have made under torture".

A prisoner charged with espionage for Israel and killing an Iranian nuclear scientist, was hanged this morning

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