Iran will execute man accused of telling CIA where to find Soleimani

A man accused of telling U.S. and Israeli intelligence where to find Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani will be put to death soon, an Iranian official reportedly said Tuesday.  

Soleimani, who orchestrated attacks on American forces in the Middle East, was killed this year in a U.S. drone strike.

Iranian officials announced the fate of the accused informant, according to multiple reports. 

"Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd, one of the spies for the CIA and Mossad, has been sentenced to death,” Iran judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili reportedly said in a televised news conference. “He gave the whereabouts of martyr Soleimani to our enemies.” 

A supreme court confirmed an earlier sentence that was issued by a revolutionary court, Esmaili said.

"He was sentenced to death by a revolutionary court and a supreme court has upheld his death sentence," Esmaili said. "He will be executed soon."

In July 2019, officials in Tehran said that it apprehended 17 CIA spies, and had sentenced some of them to death.