IRAN EXECUTED STUDENT FOR ALLEGED COOPERATION WITH MOSSAD: Human Rights Watch published his last message

A student suspected of spying for Israeli and American intelligence agencies has been executed in Iran, the Iranian judiciary's Mizan agency announced today.

IRAN EXECUTED STUDENT FOR ALLEGED COOPERATION WITH MOSSAD: Human Rights Watch published his last message

TL;DR

  • Erfan Shakurzadeh, an Iranian student, was executed by hanging.
  • He was accused of spying for American and Israeli intelligence agencies (Mossad).
  • International NGOs report that the student denied the charges and claimed to have been tortured.
  • He was allegedly subjected to nine months of physical and psychological torture in solitary confinement.
  • Shakurzadeh reportedly left a final message pleading for public attention to his case.