TEHRAN—Iran said it sentenced one of its citizens to death for allegedly providing information to the U.S. and Israel about Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was later killed in a drone strike that brought Washington and Tehran to the brink of armed confrontation. Iran’s judiciary identified the man as Mahmoud Mousavi Majd, who it said had “established links” with the Central Intelligence Agency and Israel’s foreign spy agency, Mossad. He was arrested in 2018 and wasn’t connected with Gen. Soleimani’s killing, which happened...

Source: Wall Street Journal June 09, 2020 12:45 UTC