TO: IRAN PARLIAMENT
Majlis
nUrgently revise and then approve the draft Juvenile Crimes Investigation Act to ensure that it explicitly prohibits the execution or life imprisonment without possibility of parole of those convicted of crimes committed under the age of 18, including those sentenced to qesas for murder or to death for hodoud crimes that carry the death penalty.
nRevise the Iranian Penal code in accordance with Iran's obligations under the ICCPR and the CRC not to execute juvenile offenders.
nCodify the Iranian Penal code to include a provision that juveniles only be tried in specialized juvenile courts by specialized judges to deal with adolescent sensitivities.
nIf convicted and sentenced to a prison term, it should be mandated in lran's Penal code to hold juveniles in juvenile detention and not in  cells with adults.
nRemove Elm-e-ghazi (judges understanding) as a basis for issuing a verdict.
nRevise Iranian legislation to ensure that anyone facing judicial execution by the state can seek pardon or commutation of their sentence, in line with Iran's obligations under Article 6(4) of the ICCPR.
nPass in to law the sale of all weapons including cold weapons such as knives to under 18 as illegal.
nEndorse the terms of the Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC) unconditionally.