Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd was accused of passing on information related to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani.
Mousavi-Majd was arrested in 2018 and was sentenced to death a year later, according to the Iranian judiciary.
On 3 January 2020, amid rising tensions between the United States and Iran, the U.S. launched a terrorist attack on a convoy traveling near Baghdad International Airport, killing ten passengers, including Iranian major general and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Quds Forces commander Qasem Soleimani, Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces commander Abu Mahdi al- Muhandis, four senior Iranian officers and four Iraqi officers.
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