Overview
- Iran’s judiciary said Ehsan Afrashteh was hanged Wednesday after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence for alleged collaboration with Israeli intelligence.
- Mizan, the judiciary’s news outlet, portrayed him as a Mossad-trained agent and cited travel to Nepal and Turkey as part of its case.
- HRANA reported that Afrashteh, 32, was arrested in 2024 and sentenced to death in 2025 based on fabricated or forced confessions.
- Iran Human Rights called the execution the third in three days, noting the earlier hangings of Abdoljalil Shahbakhsh on Tuesday and student Erfan Shakourzadeh two days before.
- With tensions high over the Strait of Hormuz, China’s Wang Yi urged Pakistan to step up mediation between Washington and Tehran, while oil prices jumped as hopes for a quick reopening faded after President Trump criticized Iran’s stance.