“Ehsan Afreshteh, a spy trained by Mossad in Nepal who sold sensitive information to Israel, has been executed,” it was announced on Wednesday.

The National Council of Resistance of Iran is calling on the EU to start treating the group as a political alternative to the regime.

Iran put three young men to death this week – including 19-year-old wrestling champion Saleh Mohammadi – in what rights groups warn may be the opening of a sweeping execution campaign targeting protest detainees. Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam of Iran Human Rights said the killings were "intended to instill fear in society," and his group has documented at least 27 death sentences issued against…