Saeed (19) sentenced to death for an offence he allegedly committed when he was 16 years old

Iran Human Rights, November 11: A 19 years old boy, identified as "Saeed" was sentenced to death for en offence he allegedly committed when he was 16 years old, reported the state run news agency ISCA news today.

Saeed (19) and Babak (30) were convicted of rubbery and murder of a man identified as Hossein in 2005.

According to the report a court in Tehran today sentenced Saeed to death and Babak to 15 years of prison.

Iran is the among the very few countries that gives death penalty to juvenile offenders.

Acording to php?article657" class='spip_in'>international reports, of 32 minor offenders (those who committed an offence when they were under 18 years of age) executed worldwide since 2005, 26 have been execited in Iran.

This is despite the fact that Iran ahs ratified UN’s convention of the children’s rights which bans capital punishment for offences committed at under 18 years of age,

More than 150 minor offenders are on the death row in the Iranian prisons.