After graft allegations, Shamkhani came under scrutiny due to ties to British-Iranian hanged in Iran who was accused of handing intel to UK, which allegedly passed it on to Israel

NY Times says UK told Israel about nuclear activity at Fordo based on info from Ali Reza Akbari, who was hanged in January; Russia assisted Tehran in identifying source of leak

Richard Dalton says Tehran was also potentially sending a warning to any other would-be collaborators with foreign powers as national unrest continues

Tehran, meanwhile, summons British ambassador hours after former top defense official Alireza Akbari is hanged

Iran claims, without evidence, that Ali Reza Akbari spied for Britain’s MI6; in assumed coerced confession, Akbari says Britain asked him about nuke scientist said killed by Israel

Defendants also charged with 'corruption on earth' over 2020 assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who Jerusalem had accused of leading Iranian efforts to develop atomic bomb

Suspects charged with corruption, collusion for 2020 attack on Mohsen Fakhrizadeh with remote-controlled machine gun, allegedly by Mossad; no details on detainees' nationalities

WSJ reports that Iranian intelligence secured internal documents from UN nuclear watchdog allowing Tehran to evade inspections; details uncovered in archive Israel seized from Iran

As nuclear talks resume in Vienna, official says Israel pushing for 'upgraded agreement' to restrict Tehran's nuclear program along with development of 'significant attack plan'

Warning comes after apparent thwarted attack on Israeli businesspeople in Cyprus, which Jerusalem blames on Tehran