Judiciary Media Center: Mahmoud Mousavi Majd was executed
Iranian media, citing the Islamic Republic's judiciary, say that Mahmoud Mousavi Majd, who is referred to as a "CIA and Mossad spy," has been executed.
Domestic news agencies and media outlets in Iran, citing the Judiciary Media Center, say, "On the morning of July 20th, the sentence of spy Mahmoud Mousavi Majd, who had been sentenced to death, was carried out."
On June 10, the Islamic Republic's judiciary confirmed the death sentence for Mahmoud Mousavi Majd.
But an hour after the judiciary spokesman linked the death sentence to providing "information on the location and movements" of Qassem Soleimani, the slain commander of the Quds Force, to foreign intelligence services, the judiciary's media center announced that his case had no connection to the killing of Qassem Soleimani in Iraq.
The Judiciary Media Center announced that Mr. Mousavi Majd's case was related to "long before the killing of the IRGC Quds Force commander" and that the initial death sentence was "issued on September 29, 2019."
A few days later, on June 14, Gholamhossein Esmaili, a spokesman for the judiciary, said that he had been in contact with Iranian forces in Syria, that he was "a resident of Syria," and that "his family is also resident in Syria."
On June 15, Tasnim News Agency also claimed that Mahmoud Mousavi Majd, "who grew up in Syria," was "contacting some Iranian advisors" there and "under the guise of a driver" gathering information and "selling it to Israeli and American intelligence services... receiving a monthly salary of $5,000 from these services."
But previously, a Twitter account that has been posting information about the case since Tuesday, June 10, under the name "Seyed Mahmoud Mousavi Majd," had reported that the citizen "was a resident of Syria and served as a soldier due to his proficiency in Arabic and Persian."
This account was also active in the past days, demanding that Mahmoud Mousavi Majd not be executed. For example, on July 16, it wrote, "Sayyed Mahmoud also has a family, he wants justice, he wants the restoration of justice, he wants a real lawyer and in his presence, he wants a public trial, he wants evidence of espionage, not just a forced confession. His lawyer came and went and said, 'I am no more.'"
Despite all this, last Tuesday, after the Judiciary Spokesperson announced the execution of a person named Reza Asgari, a retired employee of the Ministry of Defense, who he said was a "CIA spy," he emphasized that the death sentence for Mahmoud Mousavi Majd was "final" and "binding."
The Islamic Republic and its judicial system are facing widespread protests and accusations from human rights monitoring and advocacy organizations and institutions regarding the extraction of "forced confessions," ignoring basic trial principles such as access to a lawyer of one's choice and a transparent and open trial and trial process, and the like.
In recent days, following the confirmation of the death sentences of three protesters arrested following the November protests, a widespread wave of virtual protests took place with the hashtag #Don'tExecute, which gained global resonance.
Iran and China execute more citizens than any other country in the world.
Source: Radio Farda
