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Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni were executed on July 19, 2005, in Edalat (Justice) Square in Mashhad, northeast Iran, after being convicted by the court of having raped a 13-year-old boy. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The case attracted international media attention and the facts of the case are heavily debated.
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Iran. [2] The list of crimes punishable by death includes murder; rape; child molestation; homosexuality; drug trafficking; armed robbery; kidnapping; terrorism; burglary; incest; fornication; adultery; sodomy; sexual misconduct; prostitution; [3] [4] plotting to overthrow the Islamic government; political dissidence; sabotage; arson; rebellion ...
Atefeh's execution is considered controversial because, as a signatory of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Iran promised not to execute anyone under the age of 18. [5] According to a 2004 press release issued by Amnesty International, Atefeh was the tenth minor Iran had executed since 1990. They declared her execution ...
Mona Mahmudnizhad (Persian: مونا محمود نژاد, September 10, 1965 – June 18, 1983) was an Iranian Baháʼí who, in 1983, together with nine other Baháʼí women, was sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran, on the grounds of being a member of the Baháʼí Faith.
In the 1980s, newly arrived inmates passed rows of hanged prisoners when entering through the main courtyard. [15] The report by the United Nations Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Iran for the year 2017 notes that of 4,741 executions between 2010 and 2016, 3,210 were based on sentences issued by Revolutionary Courts in ...
Stop Child Executions was founded in 2007. In October 2008 SCE issued a comprehensive list of solutions to end juvenile executions in Iran. [13] In June 2009, SCE issued a report on child executions in Iran. [14] Since 1990 at least 34 executions of juvenile offenders in Iran had been recorded (26 since 2005). [15]
Mohammed Bijeh (Persian: محمد بيجه; died 16 March 2005) was an Iranian serial killer.He was convicted of raping and killing around 20 children, mostly boys, and was sentenced to 100 lashes followed by execution.
On 3 January 2010, Iran established the National Body for the Convention on the Rights of the Child (NBCRC) under the Ministry of Justice. [7] The NBCRC is responsible for supervising, organizing, and coordinating all issues related to children in Iran, at a national level through ministries and NGOs, and at a local level through the establishment of local offices managed by provincial governors.