Iran’s top court upholds death sentence for man accused in nuclear figure killing

Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of Azad Shojaei, a political prisoner accused of aiding the assassination of senior Revolutionary Guards commander and nuclear figure Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the human rights website HRANA reported.

Shojaei was convicted by the Revolutionary Court in Urmia of “espionage for Israel” and allegedly supplying equipment used in the 2020 killing of Fakhrizadeh, who served as deputy defense minister and was a key figure in Iran’s nuclear and missile programs. His death was widely blamed on Israel.