President Ahmadinejad falsely claimed that Iranian law does not allow for the execution of juvenile offenders in an interview with the New York Times, published on 26 September 2008.
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]]> 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.
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]]> Source: Etemaad Newspaper- Iran
Translated by Iran Human Rights Voice: http://www.ihrv.org/inf/?p=953

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]]> Organizing the event, Nazanin Afshin-Jam, an international human rights activist and former Miss World Canada, will lead off the line up of the "Wall of Shame" by asking: "Ahmadinejad why are you executing children?"
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]]> Iran executes another child disregarding their obligations as signatories to international treaties which forbid them to do so. Please join Stop Child Executions Campaign to put an end to this once and for all: www.stopchildexecutions.com/joinus.aspx
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]]> Stop Child Executions has just been informed that Seyed Reza Hejazi, a juvenile offender is scheduled for execution tomorrow morning at 4am.
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]]> In at least two instances Behnood's death penalty was postponed after he was taken to the solitary confinement and the execution pole.
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]]> An overturned court decision in Saudi Arabia has a Montreal teenager facing execution for his alleged role in murder case that already has put his brother on death row.
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]]> To read more about Amir's case and to to help save Amir from execution, please review the prior urgent calls issued at the time of the superior court approval in January 2008 : http://scenews.blog.com/Amir%20Amrollahi/


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]]> The true story of Mona Mahmudnizhad, the courageous young Baha’i teacher who was martyred in 1983 along with 10 other Baha’i women in the Iranian city of Shiraz. Filming to begin early Fall with SCE founder Nazanin Afshin-Jam in her first movie role.
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]]> Soghra Najafpour has been sentenced to death, for the second time, for a murder which took place when she was only 13 years old. She is in prison in the northern city of Rasht, where she has spent most of the last 19 years.
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]]> Over the past few years, since the Holocaust-denying hard-line president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to power, the human-rights conditions in Iran have further deteriorated. Here's the link for the whole article: http://scenews.blog.com/3378405/
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]]> SCE was informed that Behnoud Shojaee is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday June 11. Saeed Jazee's execution is set for Wednesday June 25. This is their last chance before execution. To help save their life please visit site.
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]]> Stop Child Executions Campaign thank the presidency of the European Union for the immediate response. Additionally, Nazanin Afshin-Jam has contacted both the UN and the Canadian government about the pending executions of Saeed Jazee and Behnood Shojaee.
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]]> Nazanin Afshin-Jam was born in the midst of all this turmoil in Tehran, Iran in 1979 and later immigrated to Canada with her family in 1981. As a young girl, Nazanin was enthralled with the workings of the world and self-educated herself in global issues.
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]]> Visit site to view.
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]]> Today, Ayatollah Shahrudi the head of the Islamic republic judiciary system gave one month to Behnoud to ask the victims family to pardon him.
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]]> The Presidency of the European Union is deeply concerned by the news of the imminent execution of Behnoud Shojaee, who was convicted and sentenced to death for a crime committed when he was a minor.
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]]> The Office for the Implementation of Sentences has scheduled his execution to take place at 5:00 am on 7 May 2008.
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]]> According to local Baluchi sources, Ebrahim Mehrnehad, Fazlorahman Jahras, Abdollah Salarzahi and Asadollah Shahbaksh have been arrested, and their whereabouts are unknown. They are at grave risk of torture.
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]]> Naser Qasemi, Mohammad Reza Haddadi and Reza Hejazi are all in prison awaiting execution for murder. The death sentence of Iman Hashem is expected to be approved imminently.
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]]> It is anticipated that Ahmad's file will soon be sent to Iran's head of Judiciary, Ayatollah Shahrudi for Estizan (permit to execute)
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]]> Stop Child Executions strongly condemns the death penalty of Farzad Alizadeh and demand the authorities of Islamic Regime in Iran to halt the upcoming execution.
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]]> Mohammdreza Haddadi was sentenced to death by hanging for an alleged murder at the age of 15. Mohammadreza is now 18 years old and is kept at the Adelabad prison in the central city of Shiraz, Iran.
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]]> Faced with the worldwide condemnation of imminent execution of Behnam Zare, Iran's head of judiciary Ayatollah Shahrudi ordered Behnam's file to be sent back for negotiation with the family of the alleged victim.
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]]> Human Rights Activists group in Iran published a list of 9 Iranian youth who are kept in Rajai-Shahr prison awaiting execution for alleged crimes committed before the age of 18. The prison is located in the city of Karaj in the suburbs of Tehran.
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]]> Rizana Nafeek was sentenced to death on 16 June 2007 for a murder committed while she was 17 years old. Saudi Arabia is a state party to the (CRC), which prohibits the execution of offenders for crimes committed when they were under 18 years old.
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]]> Behnam Zare has been convicted of a murder committed when he was 15 years old and is now at risk of imminent execution, though Iran is a state party to international treaties including the (CRC), which prohibit the execution of child offenders.
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]]> SIGN THE PETITION TO STOP CHILD EXECUTIONS: http://www.petitiononline.com/sce/
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]]> According to the official Iranian news agency IRNA, Jamshidi, the speaker of the Iranian judiciary, said that Ayatollah Shahroudi, head of the judiciary, has given order to stop public executions, unless in special cases.
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]]> Alinejad's family not being able to afford such demand, the file was sent back to office of Ayatollah Shahrudi for final approval of execution decree.
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]]> The EU is deeply concerned by the news of the imminent execution of Ali Mahin Torabi, Saeed Jazee, Amir Amrolahi, Rahim Ahmadi, Mohammadreza Haddadi, Behnood and Ali who were convicted and sentenced to death for crimes committed when they were minors.
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]]> There has been a postive development in the case of Ali Mahin-Torabi the young boy facing execution for the death of his school mate Mazdak at the age of 16 and there is a possibility that he could even be found innocent of the charges.
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]]> Last week Stop Child Executions Campaign informed Amnesty International of the imminent execution of Amir Amrollahi which resulted in a world wide URGENT ACTION statement by Amnesty International to save Amir from execution:
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]]> As reported by SCE Campaign on December 10, 2007, file of Delara Darabi had reached the office of Ayatollah Shahrudi, head of Iran's judiciary for final review.
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]]> AMIR AMROLLAHI (18) was sentenced to death for the murder of another boy during a fight at the age of 16. Amir's execution order was approved by Iran's superior court and his file was sent to the division of enforcement of the judgments.
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]]> The execution verdict of all three were approved by superior court of Islamic regime in Iran and their files were sent to the head of judiciary, Ayatollah Shahrudi for final approval.
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]]> A MAN in the US has admitted throwing his four young children from a high-rise bridge into coastal waters after an argument with his wife.


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]]> As a state party to both the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Iran has undertaken not to execute child offenders.
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]]> A young man identified as Behnood could be facing execution soon, reported few of Iran's news agencies today. He is convicted of murdering a 19 year old boy called Ehsan, with a soda bottle during a street fight two years ago.
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]]> We remind you of your commitment to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which states that "sentence of death shall not be imposed for crimes committed by persons below eighteen years of age".
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]]> Amnesty International welcomes this timely resolution, passed at the UN headquarters in New York City, as a clear recognition of the international trend towards worldwide abolition of the death penalty.
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]]> Yesterday Hossein's Attorney Mohammad Mostafaei in a letter notified Stop Child Execution Campaign that Hossein's file has now been sent to Ayatollah Shahrudi, the head of Iran's judiciary for final signature before execution.
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