In remarks at a press conference on Tuesday, Gholam Hossein Esmaeili said the spy, named Reza Askari, has been hanged for spying for the CIA.

After retirement from the Defense Ministry’s Aerospace Department in 2012, the convict was connected with the CIA, sold information on the production of Iranian missiles, and received the money in exchange, the spokesman added.

He said Askari was under intelligence surveillance and was finally put to death last week after the trial.