IRAN: JUVENILE OFFENDER HANGED
December 1, 2014: A youth has been hanged in Iran after being held in prison since his arrest at the age of 14 for accidentally killing a friend, according to information received from Iran.
The execution of Rahim Nosrallahzadeh in prison in the city of Tabriz is the latest in a surge in hangings in the regime under so-called moderate Hassan Rouhani.
More than 1,000 prisoners, including at least eight juveniles, have been put to death in the past year.
Mr Norallahzadeh is one of several juvenile offenders to have been executed in Tabriz prison. Others have been named as Fardin Jafarian, Ahad Akbari, Behnam Hakimkhani, Mohsen Mogahdam. (Sources: NCRI, 01/12/2014)
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