Jalal Hajizavar was executed at Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj after military court conviction according to reports

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Iran has executed a former contract employee for the aerospace organisation of the defence ministry on charges of spying for the US Central Intelligence Agency, it has been reported.

Jalal Hajizavar had left his post nine years ago and was convicted by a military court after an investigation which discovered documents and spying equipment at his home, the IRIB news agency said.

It said he had been executed at the Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj, west of Tehran, without providing further details.

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