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Iran: Call to save a young man on the verge of execution

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He was under 18 at the time of arrest

The Iranian Resistance calls for urgent action to save the life of Himan Uraminejad, a 21-year-old Kurdish prisoner, who at the time of the alleged crime was under 18 and is now on death row, and demands effective action by international human rights authorities to stop this brutal sentence.

There are 110 prisoners on death row in Sanandaj prison. In addition to Himan, a number of others were less than 18 years old at the time of their alleged offense. Yousef Mohammadi, 20, was 14 years old at the time of the offense. Siavosh Mahmoodi and Amanj Hosseini (Oveyssi) were arrested at the age of 17.

The UN Children’s Rights Committee consisting of 18 experts, on February 5, 2016 issued a report on the continuing execution of juveniles by the clerical regime in Iran, and called the regime’s inhumane policies and laws against children, especially girls, a violation of international standards and condemned it. The committee noted that based on the regime’s laws, execution of even 9-year-old girls is permitted for the charges attributed to them … the regime in Iran continues to execute juveniles. The head of the committee said that because of secrecy, there is no statistics on the number of executed and imprisoned children and juvenile offenders in Iran.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
March 28, 2016