Erfan Shakourzadeh, Aerospace Engineering Student, Executed on Charges of “Espionage”
Historical execution report preserved under the original 2026-05-11 report date, with separate reports from HRANA and Hengaw Organization for Human Rights.
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HRANA published “Erfan Shakourzadeh, Aerospace Engineering Student, Executed on Charges of “Espionage”” on 2026-05-11. Hengaw Organization for Human Rights separately published a report about the same named event under the headline “Iran secretly executes aerospace researcher Erfan Shakourzadeh after torture-tainted espionage case.”
The reports concern an execution carried out by the Iranian state. Any criminal or security allegations attributed to officials remain allegations unless independently proven through a fair and transparent process.
HumanInChain is adding this item to its historical 2026 chronology using the original report date. It is an attributed monitoring entry, not a claim of direct eyewitness verification. Source links remain visible so readers can inspect the underlying reporting and request corrections.
Image credit: Documentary image published with Hengaw Organization for Human Rights's report: Iran secretly executes aerospace researcher Erfan Shakourzadeh after torture-tainted espionage case. No face was generated, replaced or reconstructed.