Iran to execute man convicted of spying on Gen. Soleimani for CIA

An Iranian national has been sentenced to death in Iran after being convicted of providing information to the CIA and Mossad, including information on the location of the country's slain top commander Gen. Qasem Soleimani -- but Iranian officials later clarified that the alleged spy's conviction is not linked to the killing of Soleimani by U.S. forces.

The announcement was made Tuesday by the judiciary of the Islamic Republic.

"Recently, Mahmoud Mousavi Majd, one of the spies of the CIA and the Mossad, was sentenced to death for receiving American dollars in return for gathering information on Iran's security and military forces … and passing it to the Mossad and the CIA," Iran judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Esmaili said.

He did not say when exactly Mousavi Majd will be put to death, but said that his sentence has been upheld by Iran's Supreme Court, so he will "soon" be executed.