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Ali Amiri is a citizen of Afghanistan and has confessed to murder of an 8 year Afghan old boy named Janahmad because of swearing at him. Ali was 13 at the time of murder, and 15 when he was sentenced. The death sentence verdict was later approved by Iran’s superior court.

Amir Amrollahi (18) was sentenced to death for the murder of another boy during a fight at the age of 16. Amir’s execution order was approved by Iran’s superior court and his file was sent to the division of enforcement of the judgments.

Amir Khaleghi was 16 years old when he bought alcohol from a drug store, mixed it with orange juice and became drunk. He saw some friends hanging out on the street sidewalk close to a vendor and jokingly told the vendor not to sell anything to the other kids. A fight broke out, without premeditation, one of those involved in the fight named Ali Malekpour was striked in the chest and was killed.

Amir Khaleghi does not remember how the incident happened. He says he wandered around until he was sober and felt very sad and remorseful for what had just taken place. He went to the city of Qom and later to Jamkaran where he turned himself into police. He explained his drinking matter and what he remembered of the incident. Branch 74 convicted him to “ghesas” (murder) which was confirmed in branch 27 of the Supreme Court.

Amir Khaleghi was scheduled for execution May 6, 2009, but the execution has been postponed.

Bahman Soleimanian is accused of killing his grandmother in 1996 at the age of 15. Although Bahman was initially sentenced to imprisonment and payment of retribution, however after appeal by the victim’s kins, Bahman was sentenced to death and he is anticipated to be exectued after 12 years. Bahman is now 27 years old and is kept in the Isfahan prison. According to Bahman’s attorney, Bahman suffered from mental problems and he was not in normal state of mind at the time of murder, and he even attempted to commit suicide shortly after he realized what he had done.

On 18 June 2005 Behnoud Shojaee, then aged 17, intervened to stop a fight between his friend Hesam and another boy named Omid in Park-e-Vanak in Tehran. Behnoud Shojaee managed to separate the two boys but Omid swore at him, started a fight and threatened him with a knife. During the fight Behnoud Shojaee picked a shard of glass and stabbed Omid once in the chest, before fleeing the scene.

Behnoud Shojaee was sentenced to death by Branch 74 of the Criminal Court in Tehran on 2 October 2006. During his trial, Behnoud Shojaee was not afforded legal representation and was therefore made to write a request for re-examination and re-trial of his case himself. According to his lawyer who recently took up his case, Behnoud Shojaee maintained throughout his trial that he only stabbed Omid once even though the coroner’s report stated that the victim died as a result of sustaining several injuries. His claims were never investigated and Behnoud Shojaee’s sentence was nevertheless confirmed by Branch 33 of the Supreme Court on 30 June 2007

Hossein Haghi is a 20 year old boy who is facing execution for an alleged murder in August of 2003 at the age of 16. Hossein’s was sentenced to death 9 month later. His execution verdict was subsequently approved in June of 2004. Hossein’s file has now been sent to Ayatollah Shahrudi, the head of Iran’s judiciary for final signature before execution, and he may be executed in the near future.

The death sentence of Javid (20) [last name unknown] has been approved by the Iranian Supreme Court and sent to the “Ejraye Ahkam” (Enforcement of the judgment) section, according to the state-run news agency ISCAnews. Javid is convicted of a murder, in April of 2005. The report published by ISCAnews is not clear about Javid’s exact age at the time of the conviction of the crime, since the report calls him “the 20 years old offender”. However since the alleged crime was dated back to nearly 3 years ago (2 years and 10 months), there is a high possibility that Javid was under 18 years of age at the time of the alleged offence.

Masoud Kafshir is sentenced to death for killing his father and grandmother in a fit of rage.
Now 17 years old; Masoud is waiting for his death sentence which is expected to be carried out when he reaches 18 years of age

Mehyar is accused of killing his abusive and alcoholic father. According to the report at the time of alleged murder , Mehyar’s father was beating up his mother. Mehyar seem to have suffered from temporary insanity at the time. Mehyar’s mother is jointly accused of murder of her husband.

Mehyar Haghgoo’s death sentence has been confirmed by a court in the city of Rasht, and his execution might not be far away.

Mohammad Fadaee is facing imminent execution for a murder committed when he was 17 years old.
Mohammad Fadaee attended a snooker club with his friends in Robat Karim, a town near the city of Karaj, in Tehran province, when one of his friends was involved in a fight with a group of about 17 young men. According to his testimony, Mohammad Fadaee tried to break up the fight, but a boy named Said started to hit him with a piece of wood. Mohammad Fadaee then according to his account, fell over. As Said was about to hit him again, he fatally stabbed Said once with a knife he held in self defence. Said was transferred to hospital, where died three hours later.

Mohammad Fadaee was sentenced to death for the murder of Said on 12 March 2005. Although the five sentencing judges in his case found Mohammad Fadaee guilty, they also acknowledged in their written verdict that the stabbing was an act of self-defence and that he had not been adequately represented at his trial. Nevertheless, the death sentence against Mohammad Feda’i was upheld by Branch 27 of the Supreme Court, and has been approved by the Head of the Judiciary. Mohammad Fadaee had been due to be executed on 18 April 2007. However, the execution was stayed on the basis of the inadequate legal representation during his trial. A subsequent request to the Attorney General for a retrial was rejected, and a new execution date was set.

Mohammadreza Haddadi was sentenced to death by hanging for an alleged murder of an old man at the age of 15. Mohammadreza is now 18 years old and is kept at the Adelabad prison in the central city of Shiraz, Iran. His appeal has been denied by the superior court and the file has been sent to the division of enforcement of verdicts and awaiting the final execution permit by Ayatollah Shahrudi, the head of Iran’s judiciary.

A 17-year-old Iranian youth who knifed and killed a rival suitor for a girl has been sentenced to death by a court in Tehran, a newspaper said on 27/4/08. The accused attacked the victim after finding out he was talking to the girl in question, the Etemad daily said. “I have killed him but not intentionally,” the young man, who was identified only with his first name Safar, told the court. “I did this because I was inexperienced and I was angry. I ask them (the family of the victim) to forgive me,” he said. But the victim’s father said Safar had killed his son Mehdi and deserved the punishment. “I don’t know the reason why they got into a fight but Safar has killed my son and he should be killed,” he said.

Safar Angooti was scheduled for execution May 6, 2009, but the execution has been postponed.

Soghra Najafpour is accused of killing the 8 year old child of an doctor in the city of Rasht, where she lived with the family as a maid since the age of 9. Soghra was 12 years old at the time and denied the charges. She spent all of her adult life, 17 years, in prison and is now 30 years old.

Soghra was released from prison on bail in the beginning of October, but now she has been called by the Judiciary to return to prison. After the family of the victim demanded Soghra’s execution, her family were notified that Soghra must report back to the prison authorities within 5 days. Once Soghra realized that upon return to prison she would be executed she ran away scared and has not been seen since.