URGENT: TWO MINOR OFFENDERS ARE SCHEDULED TO BE EXECUTED ON MAY 6. IN TEHRAN
Iran Human Rights, May 4: Three days after execution of Delara Darabi in the prison of Rasht, there are reports from Iran indicating that two other minor offenders are scheduled to be executed on Wednesday May 6. in Tehran.
According to Mohammad Mostafaei, lawyer of several Iranian minors on the death row, the two minors scheduled to be executed on Wednesday are Amir Khaleghi and Safar Angooti.
Amir Khaleghi (18) is convicted of an alleged murder when he was 16 years old. According to his lawyer, Amir was heavily drunk (from the alcohol he bought from a drug store) when he got involved in a street fight which led to a stabbing injury in the chest of another boy identified as Ali Malekpour (who later died).
Amir was scheduled to be executed on February 22, but it was postponed after orders from the Iranian judiciary.
The other minor offender scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, Safar Angooti (19), is convicted of a murder when he was 17 years old.
Iran has ratified UN’s convention of children’s rights that bans death penalty for offences committed at under 18 years of age. However, Iran is the only country executing minor offenders. At least 9 minor offenders were executed in Iran in 2008, and so far two minor offenders have been executed in Iran in 2009.
Execution of Delara Darabi on May 1., led to international outrage and condemnation.
"United Nations, EU and all countries with political and economical ties with Iran have a responsibility in putting pressure on the Iranian authorities to stop execution of minors. It seems that protests alone are not enough" said Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, spokesperson of Iran Human Rights.
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