NCRI – United Nations – Criticizing Iran’s use of the death penalty against juveniles, an independent United Nations human rights expert said that it was probably the only country in the world that does it systematically.
There are at least 75 juveniles in prison "on death row basically" in Iran now, Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on Extra-judicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, told reporters after briefing a UN General Assembly committee.
The Iranian Government "never responds to any communications I send them," he said, adding that Iran is probably the only country in the world that uses death penalty against juveniles systematically.
In addition, he said at least 173 people have been executed for offences such as adultery, unlawful sexual relations and homosexuality. The laws that allow for stoning to death in these cases are "barbaric by any standards," he asserted.
