Norway-based group Iran Human Rights says at least 1,639 people were executed in Iran in 2025, the highest number recorded in 35 years..

Iran executed two men convicted of espionage, according to the judiciary news outlet — Mizan News Agency.

Iran accused of spying for Mossad intelligence service and planning attacks inside the country, the opposition group they were linked to denies such claim.

Mizan said the two, identified as Mohammad Masoum Shahi and Hamed Validi, were accused of belonging to a spy network linked to Mossad and had received training abroad, including in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.

The agency said executions were carried out at dawn.

The sentences had been issued by a revolutionary court in the city of Karaj, near the capital Tehran.

Human rights organisations criticised the country's use of the death penalty, they alleged that executions are used as a means of intimidation.

There ⁠have been a number of executions linked to the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran over the last few weeks.

Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran, the political arm of the PMOI, said on X that their only "crime was their commitment to freedom and the liberation of their people."

They had been convicted on charges including “enmity against God” and cooperation with hostile groups, and their death sentences were upheld by the ‌Supreme ⁠Court before being carried out, Mizan reported.