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Iran executes ' Israel's spy'

A telecoms engineer, Ali Ashtari, convicted of spying for Israel has been executed by hanging in Iran, reports from Tehran said at the weekend.

Ashtari,45, an Iranian, was convicted in June of spying for Mossad, Israel's intelligence agency. A video said to be of his confession was broadcast on television.

He was convicted of sending "sensitive information on military, defence and research centres" for three years.
Israeli officials were quoted in June as saying that the Zionist country was not familiar with the case.
Iran's official news agency , announcing the execution, said the case was clear and so his appeal summarily dismissed.
"He had spied for Mossad for three years," the state news agency quoted the intelligence ministry's director of counter-terrorism as saying.

"His espionage was so evident," the unnamed official said.
Officials said Ashtari was recruited by Israeli secret services to intercept the communications of Iranian officials working in the military and its controversial nuclear programme.
Broadcasting his apparent confession, state television showed Ashtari sitting down wearing an open-necked shirt and jumper.

"It was my mistake and perhaps I feared going to the intelligence ministry, and this fear was the reason why I kept choosing the wrong path," he said.

"Do not repeat the mistakes that I made."
The case unfolded throughout the year against a backdrop of concerns in Iran that Israel was planning to launch a pre-emptive strike against its nuclear facilities.

Israel is a leading advocate of strong action against Tehran, which it believes is seeking to develop nuclear weapons, a charge Iran denies, saying its programme is intended for energy supply only.