Iran executes nuclear scientist accused of aiding Mossad

Iran accused one of its own nuclear scientists of working on behalf of Israel’s Mossad, aiding in the targeted killings of other researchers working for Iran’s nuclear program.

By World Israel News Staff

The Iranian judiciary announced Wednesday that a nuclear scientist had been executed after he was convicted of aiding an Israeli spy agency during the 12-day war with Israel in June.

In a statement released by the Mizan Online website, which represents Iran’s court system, the regime said that Rozbeh Vadi, a member of Iran’s Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute under the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, was hanged for aiding the Mossad in the targeted killings of fellow Iranian nuclear scientists.

“Rozbeh Vadi… who had been arrested and tried on charges of espionage and intelligence cooperation with the Zionist regime, was executed this morning, August 6, 2025, after the completion of full criminal due process and the upholding of the verdict by the Supreme Court,” Mizan reported.

Iran claimed that Vadi had confessed to investigators that he worked with the Mossad after being recruited by Israeli agents online.

After completing an assessment process online with the Mossad, Vadi met with his handlers in Vienna on five occasions, Mizan reported.

Vadi was said to have been paid in cryptocurrency after transferring information on other Iranian nuclear scientists.

Mizan claimed that at least one nuclear researcher was killed due to information passed by Vadi to the Mossad.

“Vadi also provided Mossad with information on one of Iran’s martyred nuclear scientists who was killed during the recent Israeli aggression.”

However, a report by the anti-regime outlet Iran International noted that two nuclear scientists who worked closely with Vadi, Abdolhamid Minouhchehr and Ahmad Zolfaghari, were killed by Israel during the June war.

Iranian security forces began tracking Vadi after one of his trips to Vienna, Mizan said, and eventually identified him as the source of information leaks to the Mossad.

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