The death sentences of Mahyar, a juvenile offender, and his mother, are approved by the Iranian supreme court

Iran Human Rights, September 22: The death sentences of the juvenile offender Mahyar, and his mother Maryam, are approved by the Iranian supreme court, and they are few steps closer to the execution now, reported the Iranian daily Kargozaaran.

Mahyar is convicted of murdering his father in 2004, when he was 17 years old. His mother is also sentenced to death for assistance in the murder. According to reports at the time of alleged murder , Mehyar’s father, who was alcoholic, was beating up his mother. Mehyar seem to have suffered from temporary insanity at the time.

Mehyar, whose family name is Haghgoo, was sentenced to death by a copiurt in the northern city of Rasht.