TEHRAN - Iran on Sunday executed a Mossad agent who had tried to blow up a workshop complex of the Defense Ministry with drones in the central city of Isfahan on January 28, 2023.

After the failed sabotage attack the Mossad agent left the country with a forged ID but was arrested 13 days later in a neighboring country by forces from the Intelligence Ministry and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), the chief of the Isfahan Justice Department said.

The drone attack on the military installation was directed by Israel. U.S. officials cited by Western media at the time also believed Israel was behind the attack.