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data-video-tags=\"primary_politics,on_air,on_air|special_report,personality,personality|bret_baier,personality|jennifer_griffin\" data-video-title=\"Tehran says it will hold US responsible if Israel strikes\" data-video-id=\"6373405915112\" data-video-domain=\"foxnews\" data-video-type=\"CLIP\" data-widget-type=\"embed\" class=\"m video-player\" data-v-5f342d4c=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6373405915112\" data-v-5f342d4c=\"\"><picture data-v-5f342d4c=\"\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/2267f75b-614d-417d-b770-8bad31855156\/20c57f0d-1ca5-4901-96ad-d206d09a7d63\/1280x720\/match\/288\/162\/image.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/2267f75b-614d-417d-b770-8bad31855156\/20c57f0d-1ca5-4901-96ad-d206d09a7d63\/1280x720\/match\/576\/324\/image.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-v-5f342d4c=\"\"><source 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data-v-5f342d4c=\"\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture> <span class=\"overlay\" data-v-5f342d4c=\"\">Video<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-5f342d4c=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-5f342d4c=\"\">\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-5f342d4c=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6373405915112\" data-v-5f342d4c=\"\">Tehran says it will hold US responsible if Israel strikes<\/a><\/h4>\n<p data-v-5f342d4c=\"\">Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin reports on how the United States and Iran remain at odds over uranium enrichment and Israel\u2019s possible strike on Tehran on \u2018Special Report.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Iran has hanged a man convicted of <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spying for Israel<\/a>, Iranian state media reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb2\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban1\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban1\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">According to the reports, Pedram Madani was hanged after Iran&#8217;s supreme court upheld a death sentence issued by a lower court. The official IRNA news agency said Madani had visited Israel and met Mossad officers to convey classified information about <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/category\/world\/conflicts\/iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">buildings in Iran<\/a> where &#8220;infrastructure&#8221; equipment was installed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/world\/iran-ramps-up-state-executions-amid-nuclear-talks-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>IRAN RAMPS UP STATE EXECUTIONS AMID NUCLEAR TALKS WITH US<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/343\/192\/masoud-pezeshkian.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/686\/384\/masoud-pezeshkian.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/672\/378\/masoud-pezeshkian.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1344\/756\/masoud-pezeshkian.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/931\/523\/masoud-pezeshkian.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1862\/1046\/masoud-pezeshkian.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/720\/405\/masoud-pezeshkian.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1440\/810\/masoud-pezeshkian.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1200\/675\/masoud-pezeshkian.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian with a microphone\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a joint press conference with Pakistan&#8217;s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (not pictured) in Tehran, Iran, May 26, 2025.<\/span> <span>(Iran&#8217;s presidential website\/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" id=\"desktop-desk-ad-lb2\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The report did not elaborate but said Madani received foreign currency and cryptocurrency for the information. It said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/treason\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Madani also met Mossad officers<\/a> at the Israeli Embassy in Belgium.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban2\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban2\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Israel\u2019s security agency had no immediate comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb3\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Madani, 41, was arrested in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/world\/two-britons-detained-iran-charged-spying-iranian-judiciary-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TWO BRITONS DETAINED IN IRAN CHARGED WITH SPYING, IRANIAN JUDICIARY SAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/343\/192\/iran-map-ap.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/686\/384\/iran-map-ap.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/672\/378\/iran-map-ap.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1344\/756\/iran-map-ap.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/931\/523\/iran-map-ap.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1862\/1046\/iran-map-ap.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/720\/405\/iran-map-ap.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1440\/810\/iran-map-ap.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1200\/675\/iran-map-ap.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Iran locator map with Tehran\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran.\u00a0<\/span> <span>(AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban3\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban3\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/conflicts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Executions in Iran<\/a> have escalated in recent months. According to Iran Human Rights, a watchdog group based in Norway, at least 60 people have been executed in the past 10 days alone.<\/p>\n<p>Madani was the third person this year executed on charges of &#8220;spying for Israel,&#8221; which are often based on vague accusations, the organization said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb4\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb4\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" id=\"desktop-desk-ad-lb3\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban4\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban4\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In April, Iran executed a man convicted of working with Mossad and of playing a role in the 2022 killing of a Revolutionary Guard colonel in Tehran.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close Video Tehran says it will hold US responsible if Israel strikes Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin reports on how the United States and Iran remain at odds over uranium enrichment and Israel\u2019s possible strike on Tehran on \u2018Special Report.\u2019 Iran has hanged a man convicted of spying for Israel, Iranian state [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23911,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23571\/revisions\/23911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}