{"id":8345,"date":"2018-10-28T19:07:57","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T18:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=8345"},"modified":"2024-01-24T09:50:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T08:50:45","slug":"juvenile-execution-mullahs-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2018\/10\/juvenile-execution-mullahs-iran\/8345\/","title":{"rendered":"Juvenile Execution Record: The 40-Year Achievement of the Mullahs\u2019 Ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Juvenile execution<\/strong> record<\/strong>:<\/strong> The<\/strong> 40-year achievement of the Mullahs\u2019 ruling<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is cruel and inhuman to apply the death penalty even to adults let alone to those convicted of crimes committed under the age of 18.
\nMoreover because of children\u2019s immaturity, vulnerability, impulsiveness, and capacity for rehabilitation they should never face the execution, no matter how severe the crime of which they have been convicted of.<\/p>\n

Instead of that, the principle of maximizing the Juvenile offenders\u2019 potential to be able to reintegrate into the society should be enforced by the law.<\/p>\n

Killing Juvenile during the Iran-Iraq War<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the war, promising them that their sins will be forgiven, hundreds of thousands of juveniles were sent the battlefield with a plastic \u201ckey to paradise\u201d hung around their necks, using them as cannon fodder and as human mine sweepers.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/4freedominiran2\/status\/1055023084305039360<\/p>\n

Juvenile prisoners\u2019 condition in Iran the condition of juvenile prisoners in Iran<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before being sent to the gallows, these Juveniles are subjected to abuse and torture including being denied of proper medical treatment, being denied of any furlough and their families become the subjects of harassment.<\/p>\n

But the worst is the psychological torture they undergo.<\/p>\n

Anywhere in the world, one\u2019s birthday is a day for joy and celebration, but for juvenile prisoners in Iran, their birthday is nothing but a nightmare because with each added candle they get one step closer to the gallows.<\/p>\n

Iran represents the top state-executioner of juvenile offenders in the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am sad to say that Iran violates this absolute prohibition under international human rights law far more often than any other state,\u201d the former human rights commissioner, Zeid Ra\u2019ad Al Hussein, wrote. \u201cNo other state comes even remotely close to the total number of juveniles who have been executed in Iran over the past couple of decades.<\/p>\n

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Zeinab Sekaanvand hanged this morning despite being only 17 at time of alleged crime\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Ali Kazemi, 22, was recently executed in Iran for a murder he allegedly committed when he was 15.\"juvenile<\/p>\n

Amirhossein Pourjafar, juvenile offender was executed in Rajai Shahr Prison of Karaj.
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Amnesty international reacts to juvenile executions<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Wednesday, February 7, 2018, Human Rights Watch (HRW) declared that At least three minors were executed by hanging in\u00a0Iran\u00a0 since the beginning of the year:<\/p>\n