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Iran executes young aerospace engineer over CIA and Mossad espionage allegations

Rights groups said he was held in solitary confinement and forced to confess after 8.5 months of torture.

  • On Monday, Iran executed Erfan Shakourzadeh, a 29-year-old aerospace engineer convicted of collaborating with the CIA and Mossad, according to state news outlets Mizan and Tasnim.
  • According to the Iran Human Rights Society, Shakourzadeh was arrested in 2025 and forced into his confession; state forces allegedly claimed he contacted "enemy agents" in three stages involving Mossad and CIA.
  • On Sunday, the Intelligence Ministry announced it dismantled two armed cells linked to Mossad, detaining three members of a four-member group that had planned attacks in West Azerbaijan and Tehran provinces.
  • A second alleged cell was arrested while planning attacks in Kerman and Alborz provinces against Iranian military personnel, as Iran continues claiming Mossad-linked arrests amid its shadow war with Israel.
  • The Intelligence Ministry stated that arrests spanning six provinces included one operative killed during an armed clash, underscoring the scope of Iran's counter-espionage operations.
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KAYHAN LIFE broke the news on Monday, May 11, 2026.
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