19-Year-Old Prisoner Hanged in Northeastern Iran

May 11, 2016, 1:11 a.m.

Iran Human Rights (May 11 2016): A young prisoner with murder charges was reportedly hanged at Mashhad Central Prison (in the Razavi Khorasan province, northeastern Iran) on Sunday May 8 at 4:50am.

The state-run news site, Rokna, identifies the prisoner as a 19-year-old by the name of "Morteza". Although the report does not mention the date of arrest, there is a possibility that the prisoner was arrested when he was under the age of 18.