IRAN: THE SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS THE DEATH SENTENCE OF A JUVENILE OFFENDER

February 20, 2016: The death sentence of Himan Ouraminejad who was charged with murder as a juvenile, has been confirmed in the Supreme Court and is waiting for the permission of head of judiciary to be executed.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Himan Ouraminejad is charged with the murder of another juvenile in a fight in Sanandaj.
Himan Ouraminejad is born in 1994 and by the time that he committed the crime in 2010, he was under 18.
According to article 91 of the Islamic Penal Code, when the individual is under 18 or do not understand the nature of the crime, or the growth of their brain could be questioned, the death retribution will not be applied.
According to an informed source, the forensic has just asked him few questions and the actual scientific tests were not carried out about Himan Ouraminejad.
The death sentence of this juvenile offenders will be executed after the permission of the head of judiciary and the refusal of consent by the victim’s family.
Himan Ouraminejad is currently being kept in Sanandaj prison. (Sources: HRANA News Agency, February 20, 2016)