• Iran executed 29-year-old aerospace engineer Erfan Shakourzadeh on Monday on charges of spying for the CIA and Mossad.
  • Shakourzadeh claimed his confession was extracted under torture during eight and a half months in Evin prison.
  • The execution was carried out despite warnings from human rights organizations.
  • The number of executions in Iran on political charges has risen to nearly 30 in recent weeks.

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