Iran: Proposed Penal Code Retains Stoning Law Permits Execution of Child Offenders, Other Abusive Practices June 3, 2013-Iran’s judiciary should not implement provisions of the new penal code that violate basic rights, including execution by stoning. The Guardian Council, composed of 12 religious jurists, reinserted the stoning provision into a previous version of the […]
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UN Experts Condemn Hanging of 17-year-old Alireza Molla Soltani
GENEVA – Four United Nations experts* condemned the public execution by hanging of 17-year-old Alireza Molla Soltani, which was carried out yesterday, and the ongoing practice by the Iranian authorities, of executing people charged with drug-related offenses.
Iranian Nobel Laureate Condemns Hanging Of Minor For Murder
Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi has condemned the execution of an Iranian minor found guilty of murder, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports.