Iran has executed a former defence ministry employee, convicted of leaking the country’s secret information to the United State.

Iran Press/Iran news: The Judiciary Organization of the Armed Forces announced on Saturday that Jalal Haji Zuwar, who was working for the CIA in one of the institutions of the Iranian Ministry of Defence, was executed in Rajai-shahr prison.

The sentence was carried out after it was confirmed by the country's Supreme Court, Iran Press reported.

Jalal Haji Zuwar was tracked down and arrested by the Intelligence Protection Organization of Iranian Ministry of Defense in August 2017. 

The wife of Jalal Haji Zuwar was sentenced to 15 years in prison on the same charge. 101/211

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