Last Updated:August 07, 2025, 17:56 IST
Iran executed nuclear scientist Rouzbeh Vadi for allegedly passing sensitive nuclear information to Israel’s Mossad. Vadi confessed to espionage and meeting Mossad agents.
Executions of Iranians convicted of espionage have significantly risen this year.
Iranian state media confirmed on Thursday that Rouzbeh Vadi, who was executed for allegedly passing sensitive information about Iran’s nuclear program to Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, was himself a nuclear scientist.
News agency Reuters cited judiciary’s news outlet Mizan as saying that Vadi was on Wednesday convicted of espionage after providing Mossad with intelligence on key nuclear sites and individuals, including a nuclear scientist who was killed in Israeli airstrikes in June.
The deadly conflict, which lasted 12 days, majorly targeted Iran’s senior military leaders, nuclear experts, and critical nuclear facilities, prompting Iran to respond strongly with missile and drone attacks on Israel.
Vadi, who held a PhD in nuclear engineering from Amir Kabir University of Technology, was a researcher at Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation—the country’s top nuclear authority, news agency Reuters reported.
State broadcaster IRIB aired what it claimed was Vadi’s confession video. In the video, Vadi accepted that he supplied details about sensitive facilities like the uranium enrichment plants at Fordow and Natanz, as well as operations at the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) and the Fuel Manufacturing Plant (FMP).
“The entry and exit of nuclear material into the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) and Fuel Manufacturing Plant (FMP) were very important to them,” Vadi said while referring to his Mossad contacts.
Vadi also admitted to meeting Mossad agents five times in Vienna, where he was allegedly instructed to create a cryptocurrency account for receiving payments. He claimed Mossad promised him a foreign passport in exchange for long-term cooperation.
IRIB also shared a screenshot of a research paper Vadi co-authored in 2012 at an Iranian nuclear conference, alongside Ahmad Zolfaqar and Abdolhamid Minouchehr—two nuclear scientists reportedly killed in Israel’s June strikes.
Executions of Iranians convicted of espionage have significantly risen this year. Iran has executed at least eight individuals this year for allegedly spying for Israel.
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