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Rezaiee was the fourth confirmed execution of a child offender this year, she said. The spokesperson for the UN human rights office urged “Iranian authorities to halt all executions of child offenders and immediately review their cases”.
“The UN has repeatedly urged Iran to cease the appalling practice of executing child offenders, but we understand that at least 80 child offenders remain on death row,”
Ms Shamdasani said.
Eight inmates from various Iranian prisons were executed between December 19 and 26,
Ms Shamdasani said. At least eight other death row detainees are at risk of “imminent execution”, she said.
Iran’s mission to the UN in New York did not immediately answer a request for comment.
(AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
The Iranian theocracy executed at least 12 prisoners in numerous cities last week. One of those executed was a female prisoner hanged in Sepidar Prison in Ahvaz.
The victims include Behnam and Shoaib Rigi in Zahedan Prison on December 20, Shahab Javid in Qom Central Prison on December 17, Rasoul Ferdows in Borujerd Prison and Mohammad Moradi in Saqez Central Prison on December 17, three prisoners in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj on December 17 and two prisoners in Esfarayen on December 13.
These are just some of the death sentences that have been made public. Many prisoners are secretly executed. Many more prisoners are on death row.
Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee
, 30, has spent more than 12 years on death row and will be executed next week
As a child he was forced to ‘confess’ to murder after being beaten, kicked, punched and whipped
‘The Iranian authorities are yet again waging an abhorrent assault on children’s rights and making an absolute mockery of juvenile justice’ - Diana Eltahawy
Responding to the Iranian authorities’ plans to execute 30-year-old Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee for a crime that took place when he was 16 years old - and following a conviction based on “confessions” extracted under torture - Diana Eltahawy, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International, said:
18 December 2020, 16:20 UTC
Responding to the Iranian authoritiesâ plans to execute a 30-year-old man, Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee, for a crime that took place when he was 16 years old and following a conviction based on âconfessionsâ extracted under torture, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International, Diana Eltahawy, said:Â
âAfter more than 12 years on death row, Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee was transferred to solitary confinement in Lakan Prison in Rasht on Thursday, and his family was told that his execution would be carried out âin a weekâ. The Iranian authorities are yet again waging an abhorrent assault on childrenâs rights and making an absolute mockery of juvenile justice.â¯Â