04 January 2023 :
Yousef Mirzavand, a juvenile offender, executed in Dezful on December 26.
According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Dezful Prison on December 26. His identity has been established as 22-year-old Yousef Mirzavand who was sentenced for murder.
Informed sources told Iran Human Rights that Yousef Mirzavand was 16 years old at the time of arrest. According to court documents received by Iran Human Rights, the charges against Yousef were “initiating an armed robbery, carrying hunting weapons without a licence, committing intentional assault with a weapon, murder, accessory to murder and conspiracy to escape trial.”
A source told Iran Human Rights: “Yousef was accused of killing someone with a weapon when he was 16 but his family said he was innocent. Someone else had committed the murder and Yousef had taken the wrap for it. He was arrested six years ago and had been detained since.”
“Yousef was from the Mirzavand tribe in Lorestan. The elders had been trying to convince the victim’s family to forgo executions for five days but were unsuccessful,” the source added.
