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Thursday, January 29, 2009



Punishment by revenge or "Ghesas" of teenagers still being continued in Iran!
Roozonline-Sara Moghadam
The seventh of such sentencing was in 2008-2009.
Iran has carried out the death sentence of 7 teenager in 2008 and is going to carry the death sentence of another teenager in the city of Isfahan on February 5 this year.
the 7th teenager was an Afghan and his name was Mullah Gulhassan.The next teenager is Bahman Salimian who commited the crime when he was 15 years old and has spent already 12 years in prison, but the regime is going to send him to the gallows on February 5 in the city of Isfahan.
The Article 37 of the convention for the rights of child prohibit execution of childeren under the age of 18 and Iran is one of the signatories to this convention.
Mr. Mohammad Mostafaei the lawyer for childerens said: The news indicate that Bahman's death sentence is going to be carried out.
Last year at least six teenagers were sentenced to death and were sent to gallows.
Here are the name of these kids sent to gallows by the Islamic Republic:
Mohammad Hassanzadeh, Rahman Shahidi, Mohammad Mozafari, Behnam Zare,Reza Hejazi and Gholamreza H.

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