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Although Iran ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, President Hassan Rouhani s government has made no effort to alter the country s Penal Code, which allows girls as young as nine to be executed. Iranian courts, and particularly revolutionary courts, regularly fall far short of providing fair trials and use confessions likely obtained under torture as evidence in court. Authorities have failed to meaningfully investigate numerous allegations of torture against detainees. Authorities routinely restrict detainees access to legal counsel, particularly during the initial investigation period. Human Rights Watch, World Report 2021. In rewarding Iran for malign behavior by again showering millions of dollars on the Iranian regime, lifting sanctions and reviving the nuclear deal the US and the EU are empowering the ruling clerics of Iran to further suppress and crack down on dissidents, torture and kill their citizens and expand their tyranny abroad.

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