{"id":2521276,"date":"2008-01-12T09:30:51","date_gmt":"2008-01-12T02:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/?p=2521276"},"modified":"2023-04-13T05:19:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T05:19:26","slug":"three-more-youth-sentenced-to-death-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/2008\/01\/12\/three-more-youth-sentenced-to-death-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Three more youth sentenced to death in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nStop Child Executions Campaign was informed today that three more Iranian children are facing imminent executions. The execution verdict of all three were approved by superior court of Islamic regime in Iran and their files were sent to the head of judiciary, Ayatollah Shahrudi for final approval.<\/p>\n

AMIR AMROLAHI<\/span><\/b> who is now 18 years old is sentenced to death for the murder of another boy during a fight at the age of 16<\/b>. Other two boys RAHIM AHMADI<\/span><\/b> and MOHAMMADREZA HADDADI<\/span><\/b> are also sentenced to death for other alleged crimes at the age of 16<\/b>. (More details and urgent action reports to follow.)<\/p>\n

<\/i><\/span>As a state party to both the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and<\/font> the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Iran has undertaken not to execute child offenders. However, since 1990, the ruling Islamic regime in Iran has executed at least<\/font> 30 juvenile offenders<\/font><\/a>, including more than 6 in 2007.<\/font> 86 youth<\/font><\/a> are now recorded by SCE to be on death row in Iran for alleged crimes before the age of 18. This number may be even higher as according to reports, at least a further<\/font> 15 Afghan child offenders<\/font><\/a> may be under sentence of death. According to the recent statistics provided by an Iranian police official about<\/font> 170 children<\/font><\/a> can be facing execution in Iran. There has been a surge in processing the children’s file for execution. SCE issued<\/font> SEVEN <\/b> URGENT CALLS  IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER <\/b><\/font><\/a> for<\/font> Ali Mahin-Torabi<\/font><\/b><\/a>,<\/b><\/font> Mohammad Latif<\/font><\/b><\/a>,<\/b><\/font> Delara Darabi<\/font><\/b><\/a>, <\/font><\/b>Hossein Haghi<\/font><\/b><\/a>, <\/font>Behnood<\/font><\/b><\/a>,  Ali<\/b><\/a><\/font> and Saeed Jazee.<\/a>
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Iran has broken the world records in 2007 with at least 297 recorded executions comparing to 177 in 2006. One man was stonned to death in Iran in 2007. Nobel peace prize winner Shirin Ebadi<\/span>‘s human rights group on Wednesday protesting against the amputation of hands and feet of 5 men as a punishment last week, <\/span>warned:  “Unfortunately, the violation of human rights in Iran has not only been expanded in some fields, it has also found new dimensions,”  Last week two men were also sentenced to death by being dropped from height.<\/font><\/i><\/p>\n

\nAs of January 12, 2008 Stop Child Executions Campaign has recorded 91 children facing executions worldwide: 86 in Iran, 2 in Saudi Arabia, 2 in Sudan and 1 in Yemen.<\/p>\n

In 2007 at least 7 were reported to have been executed : 6 in Iran and 1 in Saudi Arabia. Three are known to have been saved from execution: 2 in Iran and 1 in Yemen.<\/p>\n

\nFACING EXECUTION<\/font><\/strong>, age at time of alleged crime :<\/span><\/p>\n

IRAN (86)
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Girls (3):<\/p>\n