Althoughhis lawyer Mr. Mohammad Mostafaei has not receive official notice ofthe execution date, he was informed by Mohammadreza’s father that he isscheduled to be executed on Wednesday May 27th at Adelabad prison in Shiraz where he has been imprisoned for the last 4 years.
Eighteen year old Mohammdreza Haddadi wassentenced to death by hanging for an alleged murder at the age of 15.His appeal was denied by the superior court and the file was sentto the division of enforcement of verdicts for final execution permitby Ayatollah Shahrudi, the head of Iran’s judiciary.
MohammadReza Haddadi, aged 18, is held in Adelabad prison in the city ofShiraz. He was sentenced to death in January 2004 by a court inKazeroun for the murder of a man in 2003. He had confessed to themurder, but retracted the confession during his trial, saying he hadclaimed responsibility for the killing because his two co-defendantshad offered his family money if he did so. Mohammad Reza Haddadi statedduring the trial that he had not taken part in murder of a man who hadoffered him and the two others a lift in his car. The two others latersupported Mohammad Reza Haddadi’s claims of innocence, and withdrewtheir testimony that implicated him in the murder. His co-defendants,both over 18 at the time of the crime, are said to have received lessersentences. However, in July 2005, a branch of the Supreme Court upheldthe death sentence against Mohammad Reza Haddadi and later authorizedby Ayatollah Shahroudi, the Head of Iran’s Judiciary.
Background:
Mohammad Reza’s execution order was reported for the first time by Stop Child Executions Campaign in (In the subject line write: FAO Javad Larijani)
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and to diplomatic representatives of Iran accredited to your country.
