The minor offender Reza Alinejad is at imminent danger of execution
Iran Human Rights, October 22: A minor offender Reza Alinejad is few steps away from execution, reported the Iranian daily newspapers Etemaad and Kargozaaran today.
Reza is convicted of murdering Esmaeil in the city of Fasa in the southern part of Iran in 2003. At that time Reza was 17 years old. In the court Reza explained that he used a knife in self defence. But the judge sentenced him to death. However the verdict was thrown by the supreme court and the case sent to another court.
Reza’s only hope was that the verdict could be stopped by the head of the judiciary Shahroudi.
According to the reports, Shahroudi, head of the Iranian judiciary has now approved the death sentence and sent the execution order to the prison where Reza is being held.
The minor offender Reza Alinejad could be executed very soon.
So far 6 minors have been executed in 2008 in Iran. Despite these facts, the Iranian authorities deny that minors are sentenced to death in Iran.
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