Iran Executes ‘Agent of Israel's Mossad Intelligence Service’

Iran's police forces walk on a street in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023. (REUTERS)
Iran's police forces walk on a street in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023. (REUTERS)
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Iran Executes ‘Agent of Israel's Mossad Intelligence Service’

Iran's police forces walk on a street in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023. (REUTERS)
Iran's police forces walk on a street in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023. (REUTERS)

An agent of Israel's Mossad intelligence service was executed on Saturday in Iran's southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province, the official IRNA news agency reported.
"This person communicated with foreign services, including Mossad, collecting classified information, and with participation with associates, provided documents to foreign services, including the Mossad," it said.

IRNA did not name the person, Reuters reported.



Russia Says It Destroyed 300 Ukrainian Drones, Hit Sapsan Missile Storage Sites

Service members of the 127th Separate Heavy Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attend a training as recruits, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine August 16, 2025. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova
Service members of the 127th Separate Heavy Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attend a training as recruits, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine August 16, 2025. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova
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Russia Says It Destroyed 300 Ukrainian Drones, Hit Sapsan Missile Storage Sites

Service members of the 127th Separate Heavy Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attend a training as recruits, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine August 16, 2025. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova
Service members of the 127th Separate Heavy Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attend a training as recruits, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine August 16, 2025. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova

Russian forces shot down 300 Ukrainian drones and struck storage sites for Sapsan missiles while fierce battles raged in the Donetsk region where Ukrainian forces were trying to halt a Russian advance, the defense ministry and war bloggers said.

Russia's defense ministry said Russian forces had gained better positions near the settlement of Zolotyi Kolodiaz in the Donetsk region, though pro-Ukrainian maps showed that Ukrainian forces had contained the Russian advance.

The defense ministry said war planes, drones and missiles had been used to strike Ukrainian storage sites for Sapsan missiles across the country.

"Four guided aerial bombs and 300 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by air defense systems," the ministry said.