Iran hangs 17-year-old for commiting murder.
Today, Iran had been reported to have executed a 17-year-old convicted of murder. This follows other related acts showing that the Islamic Republic continues to hang people for crimes committed as minors.
Iran Human Rights (IHR) groups said in separate statements that Hamidreza Azari was executed in prison in the eastern town of Sabzevar in Razavi Khorasan province, the Norway-based Hengaw.
Further reports indicates that Azari was the only child in his family and despite his age had already a few years ago started working as a scrap worker.
The rights groups said the execution marked another violation by Iran of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which defines a child as any person under the age of 18.
