WAR snippets

Mossad and US ‘Spy’ hanged 

Iran said on Monday it had hanged a man convicted of spying for Israel and the US, the latest in a wave of executions during the war. “Erfan Shakourzadeh was hanged for collaborating with the US intelligence service and the Mossad spy service,” the judiciary’s website said. It did not specify when he was executed or when he was arrested, but said he work­ed at one of Iran’s “scientific organisations active in the satellite field”. Mizan said Shako­ur­zadeh had “knowingly and willingly” passed classified information to the CIA and Mossad.

‘No oil leak near Kharg Island’ 

Iran has denied reports of an oil leak near Kharg Island after satellite imagery this week appeared to show a large slick near Kharg Island, the country’s main oil export hub in the Gulf. Iran’s Oil Terminals Company said inspections had found no evidence of leaks from storage tanks, pipelines, loading facilities or tankers operating near the island.