URGENT: THE MINOR OFFENDER REZA HEJAZI IS SCHEDULED TO BE EXECUTED TOMORROW AUGUST 19

19 Aug 08

Iran Human Rights, August 18: According to reliable sources in Iran, the juvenile offender Reza Hejazi, along with 3 others are scheduled to be executed tomorrow morning August 19 in the prison of Isfahan.

Reza Hejazi is convicted of a murder he allegedly committed in 2004, when he was 15 years ago.

According to Reza’s father, he has been transferred to solitary confinement today and prepared for execution tomorrow.

Reza’s attorney, Mohammad Mostafaei, has not been informed about the scheduled execution.

Reza Hejazi’s name is among the 150 other minors on the death row in Iran:

" Seyed Reza Hejazi 15 Isfahan Reza Hejazi – then aged 15 - was among a small group of people involved in a dispute with a man on 18 September 2004, which resulted in the man being fatally stabbed.

Reza Hejazi was arrested and tried for murder, and on 14 November 2005 he was sentenced to Qesas (retribution) by Branch 106 of the Esfahan General Court. The sentence was approved by Branch 28 of the Supreme Court on 6 June 2006, although under Iranian law he should have been tried in a juvenile court. The case was referred for mediation between Reza Hejazi and the victim’s family, to try and arrange for the payment of diyeh, but no sum has yet been agreed. If no agreement is reached, Reza Hejazi will be executed."

Three others are scheduled to be executed in Isfahan’s prison tomorrow morning. As far as we know none of them were minors at the time of the alleged offence they are convicted of.

So far in 2008, four juvenile offenders have been executed in Iran.

URGENT: THE MINOR OFFENDER REZA HEJAZI IS SCHEDULED TO BE EXECUTED TOMORROW AUGUST 19

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