TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran executed two men on Saturday accused of spying for Israel, including one accused of gathering intelligence near the Natanz nuclear site in central Isfahan province, Iranian media reported.
They quoted the judiciary as saying Yaghoub Karimpour and Nasser Bakarzadeh were hanged after being found guilty of intelligence cooperation with Israel and its spy agency, Mossad.
They said Karimpour passed sensitive information to a Mossad officer, while Bakarzadeh was accused of collecting details on government and religious figures and key sites, including in the Natanz area.
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Earlier, 14 members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were killed and two others injured while attempting to defuse explosives.
The incident occurred during a clearance operation in Zanjan province, where unexploded ordnance—reportedly of US and Israeli origin—detonated unexpectedly.
The operation involved efforts to neutralise cluster munitions and other hazardous weapons.
State media said more than 1,200 hectares of land in Zanjan remain contaminated with explosive materials, with some devices buried as deep as three metres underground.
Authorities have described the clearance operation as highly dangerous.