Report: Iran To Execute Person Who Gave The CIA Information On Soleimani

The Iranian government said Tuesday that it plans to execute the person reportedly responsible for disclosing information about Quds Force Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed by the U.S. earlier this year in a targeted drone strike, The Hill reports.

“Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd, one of the spies for the CIA and the Mossad, has been sentenced to death … He had shared information about the whereabouts of martyr Soleimani with our enemies,” judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said in a televised news conference, according to Reuters.

Iran’s Judiciary, however, says the decision is not linked to the person’s role in the killing of Soleimani, according to reports.

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