Child offender scheduled to be executed tomorrow

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by SCE Campaign
14-Nov-2007
 

According to the website Iran Human Rights, a child offender identified as Mohammadreza Tork will be executed tomorrow morning. Location of the execution is not certain yet.

He will be executed along with 2 other men. All 3 are convicted of murder in a village near Malayer November 2005. At that time Mohammadreza was 16 years and 4 months old (born in June 1989), and now he is 18 years and 4 months old.

The Iranian government has ratified UN’s convention of the rights of the child, according to which death penalty should not be given for the crimes convicted before the age of 18.

Norway protest the planned execution of Mohammadreza Tork

According to the newspaper Aftenposten, the Norwegian department of foreign relations has contacted Iran's ambassador in Norway, and expressed concern about the execution of Mohammadreza Tork, which is planned to take place tomorrow. The ambassador promised to relay the message to the Iranian government.
"We have gotten confirmation that the execution will take place tomorrow and that [Mohammadreza] was 16 years when the crime was committed," says advisor Kristin Melsom to the news agency NTB.

Source (Norwegian): Aftenposten

TO PROTEST THE PLANNED EXECUTION, CONTACT:

Head of the Judiciary,
His Excellency Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Justice Ministry BLDG. - Panzdah-Khordad (ARK) Sq.
Tehran. Iran.
Phone: [00 98 21] 391 1109
Fax: [00 98 21] 390 4986
Email: info@dadgostary-tehran.ir

Leader of the Islamic Republic,
His Excellency, Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei
The Office of the Supreme Leader,
Shahid Keshvar Doost St.
Tehran. Iran.
Phone: [00 98 21] 64411
Fax: [00 98 251] 7774 2228
(Mark as: "FAO the Office of His Excellency, Ayatollah Khamenei
Email: istiftaa@wilayah.org

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by Anonymous34344 (not verified) on

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by Anonymous34344 (not verified) on

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by Jahanshah Rashidian on

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by Ben Madadi on

Such a disgrace... he will probably be hanged for the little children of Iran to openly see what can await them in the future.