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IRAN - Mehdi Jahanpour was 16 when committed the crime
September 16, 2024: September 16, 2024 - IRAN. Mehdi Jahanpour was 16 when committed the crime
According to information obtained on September 25, Mehdi Jahanpour who was executed for murder on 16 September, was 16 years old at the time of offence. He is the first recorded child offender to be executed in 2024.
According to newly obtained information by Iran Human Rights, one of the three men executed in Shiraz (Adel Abad) Central Prison on 16 September, was 16 years old at the time of offence. IHR has verified Mehdi Jahanpour’s date of birth as 8 December 2002.
He was arrested for murder in April 2019 when he was 16 years old and sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind).
A source previously told IHR: “Mehdi Jahanpour was accused of killing someone with a knife in Firouz Abad. Mehdi was in love with a girl who had another man pursuing her. He stopped Mehdi in the street and a fight broke out which ended with the other man being killed.”
He is the first recorded execution of a child offender in 2024. His execution still has not been reported by domestic media in Iran.
Condemning Mehdi Jahanpour’s execution, Iran Human Rights draws the international community’s attention to the execution of child offenders in Iran.
IHR Director, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam said: “The execution of child offenders is unlawful according to the Islamic Republic’s treaty obligations including the ICCPR and must be condemned in the strongest terms by the international community. There are currently dozens of child offenders on death row in Iran who may be executed should the international community fail to show an appropriate response.”
At least 71 child offenders have been executed since 2010, per data collected by IHR.
https://iranhr.net/en/articles/6936/ (Source: IHR)
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