Iranian media claimed Mossad had promised the scientist a foreign passport should he complete a long-term collaboration, after meeting five times in Vienna. Rouzbeh Vadi, who state media said was executed on Wednesday for giving information on Iran's nuclear program to Israel's Mossad spy agency,

Rouzbeh Vadi and Mehdi Aghazadeh — on serious national security charges. According to the country’s judiciary, both men were hanged on Wednesday after their sentences were confirmed by the Supreme Court.

Iran’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentences of two men accused of espionage and terrorism, as the government intensifies its efforts to root out foreign intelligence operations and militant threat