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Here are few letters that were sent to Iranian authorities about Ali Mahin-Torabi:<\/p>\n

Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007
<\/font><\/em>
\nDear Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei  – Leader of the Islamic Republic,<\/p>\n

I am writing to you regarding the execution of Ali Mahin Torabi. he is facing the execution in Iran \/ Karaj at any time, for a crime that he is alleged to commit when he was only 16 years old.<\/p>\n

He is the nephew of one of my friends (who is actually 9 months pregnant). She is extremely worried and depressed about the situation of her nephew that she considers like her own son. Ali is truly innocent and we are afraid that by his execution he will pay for someone else’s crime.<\/p>\n

His lawyer thinks that there are serious doubts in his guilt, so I would truly appreciate if you could take urgent steps to cancel his death sentence and accept his appeal.<\/p>\n

Having two boys myself (who are the pearls of my eyes as the beautiful peresian expression says) still I cannot imagine how desperate and how helpless Ali’s parents should be feeling right now.<\/p>\n

You are the only one with this power to stop their pain. I am sure your experience and your good heart would be able to change the father of victim’s mind and your wise words would show him the path to forgiveness. <\/p>\n

Thank you for your understanding and compassion,<\/p>\n

Sincerely,
\nAzarin Sadegh
<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed \u2018Ali Khamenei
\nLeader of the Islamic Republic
\nThe Office of the Supreme Leader
\nIslamic Republic Street – Shahid Keshvar Doust Street
\nTehran, Islamic Republic of Iran<\/p>\n

October 16, 2007<\/p>\n

Your Excellency,<\/p>\n

As an officer of Hendrix College Amnesty International I am writing to express my deep concern over the imminent execution of Ali Mahin Torabi, who was convicted of murder as a child.
\nAs a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, I hope that you will help uphold Iran\u2019s obligation to prohibit the use of the death penalty for those convicted of crimes who are under the age of 18. As Leader of the Islamic Republic, I ask you to please halt and commute the death sentence of Ali Mahin Torabi immediately.
\nAdditionally, I have learned that approximately 75 other child offenders are presently on death row in Iran. I hope that similar consideration will be given to those offenders.
\nThank you for your consideration.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,
\n <\/p>\n

\nAyatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
\nHead of the Judiciary
\nMinistry of Justice, Ministry of Justice Building,
\nPanzdah-Khordad Square,
\nTehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
\nOctober 16, 2007
\nYour Excellency,<\/p>\n

As an officer of Hendrix College Amnesty International I am writing to express my deep concern over the imminent execution of Ali Mahin Torabi, who was convicted of murder as a child.
\nAs a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, I hope that you will help uphold Iran\u2019s obligation to prohibit the use of the death penalty for those convicted of crimes who are under the age of 18. As Head of the Judiciary, I ask you to please halt and commute the death sentence of Ali Mahin Torabi immediately.
\nAdditionally, I have been informed that approximately 75 other child offenders are presently on death row in Iran. I hope that similar consideration will be given to those offenders.
\nThank you for your consideration.
\nSincerely,
\n <\/p>\n

\nHis Excellency Gholamali Haddad Adel
\nSpeaker of Parliament
\nMajles-e Shoura-ye Eslami
\nBaharestan Square
\nTehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
\nOctober 16, 2007<\/p>\n

Your Excellency,
\nAs an officer of Hendrix College Amnesty International I am writing to express my deep concern over the imminent execution of Ali Mahin Torabi, who was convicted of murder as a child.
\nAs a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, I hope that you will help to uphold Iran\u2019s obligation to prohibit the use of the death penalty for those convicted of crimes who are under the age of 18. As Speaker of Parliament, I ask you to do everything in your power to halt Ali Mahin Torabi\u2019s execution and commute his sentence.
\nAdditionally, I have been informed that approximately 75 other child offenders are presently on death row in Iran. I hope that similar consideration will be given to those offenders, and that Iran might pass legislation prohibiting the execution of child offenders, bringing Iranian law up to international standards.<\/p>\n

Thank you for your consideration.
\nSincerely,<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are few letters that were sent to Iranian authorities about Ali Mahin-Torabi:<\/p>\n

Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007
<\/font><\/em>
\nDear Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei  – Leader of the Islamic Republic,<\/p>\n

I am writing to you regarding the execution of Ali Mahin Torabi. he is facing the execution in Iran \/ Karaj at any time, for a crime that he is alleged to commit when he was only 16 years old.<\/p>\n

He is the nephew of one of my friends (who is actually 9 months pregnant). She is extremely worried and depressed about the situation of her nephew that she considers like her own son. Ali is truly innocent and we are afraid that by his execution he will pay for someone else’s crime.<\/p>\n

His lawyer thinks that there are serious doubts in his guilt, so I would truly appreciate if you could take urgent steps to cancel his death sentence and accept his appeal.<\/p>\n

Having two boys myself (who are the pearls of my eyes as the beautiful peresian expression says) still I cannot imagine how desperate and how helpless Ali’s parents should be feeling right now.<\/p>\n

You are the only one with this power to stop their pain. I am sure your experience and your good heart would be able to change the father of victim’s mind and your wise words would show him the path to forgiveness. <\/p>\n

Thank you for your understanding and compassion,<\/p>\n

Sincerely,
\nAzarin Sadegh
<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed \u2018Ali Khamenei
\nLeader of the Islamic Republic
\nThe Office of the Supreme Leader
\nIslamic Republic Street – Shahid Keshvar Doust Street
\nTehran, Islamic Republic of Iran<\/p>\n

October 16, 2007<\/p>\n

Your Excellency,<\/p>\n

As an officer of Hendrix College Amnesty International I am writing to express my deep concern over the imminent execution of Ali Mahin Torabi, who was convicted of murder as a child.
\nAs a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, I hope that you will help uphold Iran\u2019s obligation to prohibit the use of the death penalty for those convicted of crimes who are under the age of 18. As Leader of the Islamic Republic, I ask you to please halt and commute the death sentence of Ali Mahin Torabi immediately.
\nAdditionally, I have learned that approximately 75 other child offenders are presently on death row in Iran. I hope that similar consideration will be given to those offenders.
\nThank you for your consideration.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,
\n <\/p>\n

\nAyatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
\nHead of the Judiciary
\nMinistry of Justice, Ministry of Justice Building,
\nPanzdah-Khordad Square,
\nTehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
\nOctober 16, 2007
\nYour Excellency,<\/p>\n

As an officer of Hendrix College Amnesty International I am writing to express my deep concern over the imminent execution of Ali Mahin Torabi, who was convicted of murder as a child.
\nAs a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, I hope that you will help uphold Iran\u2019s obligation to prohibit the use of the death penalty for those convicted of crimes who are under the age of 18. As Head of the Judiciary, I ask you to please halt and commute the death sentence of Ali Mahin Torabi immediately.
\nAdditionally, I have been informed that approximately 75 other child offenders are presently on death row in Iran. I hope that similar consideration will be given to those offenders.
\nThank you for your consideration.
\nSincerely,
\n <\/p>\n

\nHis Excellency Gholamali Haddad Adel
\nSpeaker of Parliament
\nMajles-e Shoura-ye Eslami
\nBaharestan Square
\nTehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
\nOctober 16, 2007<\/p>\n

Your Excellency,
\nAs an officer of Hendrix College Amnesty International I am writing to express my deep concern over the imminent execution of Ali Mahin Torabi, who was convicted of murder as a child.
\nAs a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, I hope that you will help to uphold Iran\u2019s obligation to prohibit the use of the death penalty for those convicted of crimes who are under the age of 18. As Speaker of Parliament, I ask you to do everything in your power to halt Ali Mahin Torabi\u2019s execution and commute his sentence.
\nAdditionally, I have been informed that approximately 75 other child offenders are presently on death row in Iran. I hope that similar consideration will be given to those offenders, and that Iran might pass legislation prohibiting the execution of child offenders, bringing Iranian law up to international standards.<\/p>\n

Thank you for your consideration.
\nSincerely,<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[39,16,13],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205992"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2205992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5196204,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205992\/revisions\/5196204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2205992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2205992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2205992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}