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Half Measures: Juvenile Execution Under Iran’s New Penal Code

    By: Narges Tavassolian Iran’s new penal code was finally approved by the Guardian Council, a body of clerics and lawyers in charge of approving legislation, in February 2012. Once the new penal code is signed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and published in the official gazette, it will officially replace the current penal code.