India, Sept. 17 -- Iran executed a man accused of spying for Israel on Wednesday, with activists claiming he was "tortured" into making a false confession.

The judiciary's Mizan news agency named the executed individual as Babak Shahbazi, alleging "he collected and sold sensitive data on Iranian data centres and security sites to Israeli handlers".

Activists, however, said Shahbazi was detained after writing a letter to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky offering his assistance, according to the Associated Press. Iran has supplied drones to Russia, which Moscow has used in attacks on Ukraine.

"Babak's message to President Zelensky offering to help in the war against Russia was cited as evidence of espionage for Israel, who they cla...