Wahid Razavi, a member of Wadi's family, told dissident media that Ruzbeh Wadi was detained a year and a half ago after an argument at work.
Iranian nuclear scientist executed Ruzbeh Wadi confessed to spying for Israel only after being tortured and after the regime threatened his mother, his relative said in an article published Friday.
Wahid Razavi, a member of Wadi's family, told dissident media that Wadi was detained a year and a half ago after an argument at work.
“Ruzbeh he was severely tortured, to the point where his leg bones and two ribs were broken, and then his mother was arrested and imprisoned,” Razavi said.
He said investigators took photographs of Vadi's mother in custody and showed him the images “to force a confession,” Razavi alleged.
The judiciary stated that Wadi was convicted after he passed on classified information to the Mossad about one of the scientists killed in the June attacks.
An Iranian man looks at a newspaper after news of a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in Tehran, Iran, January 16, 2025.
Iranian nuclear scientists admit to spying for Israel
Investigators forced Vadi to confess and make a confession in a televised statement, threatening to torture his mother.
“The key sites were Fordo and Natanz (uranium enrichment plants), about which I sent information. I told them I knew this and that about Fordo, they (Mossad agent) told me to send everything,” Wadi said in what IRIB called a “confession video” it aired.
“The flow of nuclear material into and out of the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) and Fuel Manufacturing Plant (FMP) was very important to them,” added Wadi, who received his PhD in Nuclear Engineering from the Amir Kabir University of Technology.
The voiceover in the video said that Wadi met with Mossad agents five times while in Vienna and was asked to open a cryptocurrency account to receive payment for his services. In the video, the accused said that the Mossad promised him a foreign passport if he completed his long-term cooperation.
