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Iran: Two youths are facing the gallows PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 19 August 2008

iran-hanging-noose150NCRI- The mullahs' judiciary gave the go ahead for the death sentences of two prisoners who were under 18 at the time of the alleged crimes, the state-run daily Kargozaran reported on Tuesday.

The two are identified as Amir, who was 16 at the time in November of 2005 and Amir Karim who was 17 at the time.

Kairm is being held in a prison in the northwestern city of Mahabad and Amir is in prison in the southern city of Shiraz. 
 
The Iranian regime is a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which prohibit the execution of minors who were under the age of 18 at the time of the offence.

According to rights groups, 114 youths face gallows for the crimes allegedly committed when they were minors. The youngest is a 13-year-old boy named Ahmad Nowroozi sentenced to death by the mullahs' judiciary three years ago in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan.

 
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