URGENT: Behnood, a "minor" offender, to be executed soon

Jan. 27, 2008, 12:48 p.m.

Iran Human Rights, January 26: Behnood is going to be executed soon, reported the state-run news agency ISCAnews. Behnood  is convicted of a murder in Tehran; Vanak park in 2005, which took place as a result of a street fight. 

Iran Human Rights, January 26: Behnood is going to be executed soon, reported the state-run news agency ISCAnews. Behnood is convicted of a murder in Tehran’s Vanak park in 2005, which took place as a result of a street fight. It is unclear whether Behnood is 18 or 19 now. It means that he was 16-17 years old when the alleged murder happened.

Iran Human Rights published an urgent call regarding Behnood in december 2007.