According to the Iranian authorities, the executed "under the leadership of Israel's intelligence services stole and destroyed private and state property", "kidnapped people" and spread false information.

The four men were arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps back in June 2022.

Iranian authorities believe they were acting on instructions from Mossad officers on how to use weapons and kidnap people.

In exchange, they allegedly received money from Israel in cryptocurrency.

The sentence was handed down at the end of November.

Three more people were sentenced to prison terms from five to ten years.

They are accused, among other things, of threatening national security, facilitating kidnappings and illegal possession of weapons, Reuters writes.