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Jul 12, 2009
Focus: Human Rights
Action Request: Write E-Mail
Location: Iran, Islamic Republic Of

Urgent: Mohammad Reza Haddadi at risk of imminent execution

Iranian JUVENILE faces execution on 16 JULY

The execution of 20-year-old Mohammad Reza Haddadi has been scheduled in the city of Shiraz, southern Iran, on 16 July. He has been sentenced to death for a crime he allegedly committed while under the age of 18. This is the third time his execution has been scheduled.

On 27 May, the Head of the Judiciary had halted the execution of Mohammad Reza Haddadi, which was scheduled to take place that day in Adelabad prison in Shiraz. The Head of the Judiciary had ordered Branch 17 of the Supreme Court to conduct a review of the case. However, in an interview with the Iranian daily newspaper Sarmayeh, Mohammad Reza Haddadi’s brother said that since the review was ordered, although no trial sessions have been held, the execution was nevertheless scheduled for 16 July.

Mohammad Reza Haddadi was sentenced to death in 2004 for a murder he allegedly committed when he was 15. He confessed to the murder, but retracted the confession during his trial, saying he had claimed responsibility for the killing only because his two co-defendants had offered to give his family money if he did so. During the trial he said that he had not taken part in the murder. His co-defendants later supported Mohammad Reza Haddadi's claims of innocence, and withdrew their testimony that had implicated him. They were both over 18 at the time of the crime and received prison sentences. Mohammad Reza Haddadi’s death sentence was confirmed by the Supreme Court in July 2005. He was first scheduled for execution in October 2008, but it was stayed on the order of the Head of the Judiciary.

PLEASE WRITE IMMEDIATELY in Persian, Arabic, English, French or your own language:

n  calling on the Iranian authorities to halt the execution of Mohammad Reza Haddadi immediately, and commute his death sentence;

n  reminding the authorities that Iran is a state party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which prohibit the use of the death penalty against people convicted of crimes committed when they were under 18.


PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 16 JULY 2009 TO:

Leader of the Islamic Republic

Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei, The Office of the Supreme Leader

Islamic Republic Street – End of Shahid Keshvar Doust Street

Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Email:       info_leader@leader.ir

via website: http://www.leader.ir/langs/en/index.php?p=letter (English)

http://www.leader.ir/langs/fa/index.php?p=letter(Persian)

Salutation: Your Excellency

Head of the Judiciary

Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi

c/o Director, Judiciary Public Relations and Information Office

Ardeshir Sadiq

Judiciary Public Relations and Information Office

No. 57, Pasteur St.,

corner of Khosh Zaban Avenue

Tehran, Iran

Email:                               info@dadiran.ir (In the subject line write: FAO Ayatollah Shahroudi)

Salutation: Your Excellency

And copies to:

Judiciary spokesperson

Alireza Jamshidi

Howzeh Riyasat-e Qoveh Qazaiyeh / Office of the Head of the Judiciary

Pasteur St, Vali Asr Ave., south of Serah-e Jomhuri

Tehran 1316814737, Iran

Email:  info@a-jamshidi.ir

Salutation: Dear Sir

Also send copies to diplomatic representatives
accredited to your country.
Please check with your
section office if sending appeals after the above date.


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Posted: Jul 12, 2009 8:33am
Oct 5, 2008
Focus: Human Rights
Action Request: Write Letter
Location: Iran, Islamic Republic Of

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October 8th in parts of the world including Iran is the Day of the Child. Article 37(a) of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, signed by Iran , states that no capital punishment shall be imposed for offences committed by persons below eighteen years of age.

Islamic regime in Iran is planning to execute Mohammad Reza Haddadi, one day after the Day of the Child, for an alleged crime at the age of 15. The execution is scheduled after direct order of head of Iran's judiciary Ayatollah Shahrudi.

Iran is the only country in the world who has executed juveniles in 2008. So far at least 6 juveniles are known to have been executed this year. Yesterday Stop Child Executions  released the most comprehensive list of recommendations ever published for ending the practice of juvenile executions in Iran. The document was accompanied with a list of 140 Iranian children facing death penalty in Iran. SCE has requested the UN to immediately create a task force to address the child executions in Iran and to hold the government of Iran responsible and subject to disciplinary action by the international community: http://scenews.blog.com/3964190/

Mohammad Reza Haddadi, aged 18, is held in Adelabad prison in the city of Shiraz. He was sentenced to death in January 2004 by a court in Kazeroun for the murder of a man in 2003. He had confessed to the murder, but retracted the confession during his trial, saying he had claimed responsibility for the killing because his two co-defendants had offered his family money if he did so. Mohammad Reza Haddadi stated during the trial that he had not taken part in murder of a man who had offered him and the two others a lift in his car. The two others later supported Mohammad Reza Haddadi's claims of innocence, and withdrew their testimony that implicated him in the murder. His co-defendants, both over 18 at the time of the crime, are said to have received lesser sentences. However, in July 2005, a branch of the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence against Mohammad Reza Haddadi and later authorized by Ayatollah Shahroudi, the Head of Iran's Judiciary.

Stop Child Executions, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and many others worldwide have demanded a halt to executions of Mohammad Reza Haddadi.

Stop Child Executions recognizes the right and responsibility of governments to bring to justice those suspected of criminal offenses, but is opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances especially for those person guilty of crimes committed before the age of 18.

For read more about Mohammad Reza visit: http://scenews.blog.com/Mohammadreza%20Haddadi/

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