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Iran has executed a man convicted of links to the exiled opposition group Mujahideen-e-Khalq and to Israel’s intelligence service, the judiciary’s news outlet Mizan said on Thursday.

Mizan identified the man as Soltanali Shirzadi Fakhr, saying he had been a long-time member of the opposition group and was found guilty of cooperating with Israeli intelligence.