14 October 2020 :
Iran must halt execution of Barzan Nasrollahzadeh, a Kurdish arrested as juvenile. Barzan Nasrollahzadeh was 17 years old when he was arrested in the Kurdistan province capital of Sanandaj on suspicion of being involved in the murder of a Sunni cleric. He was later found guilty of ‘enmity against God’, which carries the death penalty. He said agents of the intelligence ministry tortured him during his pre-trial detention, suspending him upside down and applying electric shocks applied to his body, according to Amnesty International. “By sentencing juvenile offenders to death, it violates international law,” Amnesty Iran tweeted on Monday of Nasrollahzadeh’s sentence. The prisoner is currently being held in Rajaei-Shahr prison in Karaj, Alborz province, according to Amnesty. “We are concerned about the risk that its execution will be scheduled shortly,” the organization posted on their website on Friday.
