IRAN. A YOUNG MAN HANGED FOR A CRIME HE COMMITTED AT 16
February 26, 2008: The mullahs' regime hanged a young man identified as Javad Shojaii accused of a crime committed when he was 16, the state-run daily Etemad reported.
Javad was convicted of stabbing to death a man named Rostam in March 2000.
His family was informed a day before the hanging.
There are at least 75 juveniles on death row in Iran, according to international human rights organizations. (Sources: NCRI, Afp, 27/02/2008)
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