Iranian state media confirmed the execution on Wednesday of Rouzbeh Vadi, identified as one of the nation’s top nuclear scientists, on charges of alleged espionage and cooperation with Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency.

Iranian news outlets announced his killing alongside the execution of Mehdi Asgharzadeh, identified as a supporter of the Islamic State jihadist terror organization. Vadi is the seventh known Iranian nuclear scientist to be killed the summer; six others were confirmed dead after the Israeli government launched “Operation Rising Lion” in June, a military engagement intended to eliminate Iran’s ability to generate fuel for a nuclear weapon.

According to a translation of broadcasts on Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the Islamic regime published videos of Vadi confessing that he sent the Israeli government critical information on two of Iran’s most important nuclear enrichment facilities, the sites at Fordow and Natanz. Those two, alongside the facility at Isfahan, were the targets of a series of airstrikes by the United States shortly after the beginning of “Operation Rising Lion” in June. President Donald Trump announced following the strikes that the U.S. military had “completely and totally obliterated” the sites.

Iran Says It Executed Its Own Nuclear Scientist for 'Espionage'