Iran: One Juvenile Executed; Another at Risk

Iran: One Juvenile Executed; Another at Risk

Index Number: MDE 13/105/2009
Date Published: 12 October 2009
Categories: Iran

Iranian male juvenile Behnoud Shojaee, aged 21, was executed in Evin prison, Tehran, at dawn on 11 October 2009. He had been convicted of murder, and the family of his victim refused to pardon him. Another male juvenile, 20-year-old Safar Angooti, also convicted of murder, is due to be executed some time between 19 and 21 October.