"Tears for injustices" !

Do you remember Delara, the young offender allegedly according to Islamic Republic judiciary commited a crime when she was 17 years of age and while in prison she did so many beautiful painting , she was hanged on Friday at the age of 23 .

The crime against humanity by Islamic Republic officials has to be heard in a national and international public tribunal and the evidence against each individual officials must be presented by victims family members and by documents or exhibition at national and international stage. Crimes that are commited on daily bases and the ignorance and deaf ear of the officials to the out cry by Iranian citizen and international organization must be documented and monitored like what the IRAN WATCH CANADA is doing and by Iranian able to speak and write different languages in their respective countries first to make them aware and second to let the international organization know what is exactly going on in Iran.

I ask the Islamic Republic official to read " The Bet" story written by Anton Chekhov and stop their inhuman actions once and for all.

Punishment by revenge or "Ghesas" of teenagers still being continued in Iran!

Roozonline-Sara Moghadam

The seventh of such sentencing was in 2008-2009.
Iran has carried out the death sentence of 7 teenager in 2008 and is going to carry the death sentence of another teenager in the city of Isfahan on February 5 this year.
the 7th teenager was an Afghan and his name was Mullah Gulhassan.The next teenager is Bahman Salimian who commited the crime when he was 15 years old and has spent already 12 years in prison, but the regime is going to send him to the gallows on February 5 in the city of Isfahan.
The Article 37 of the convention for the rights of child prohibit execution of childeren under the age of 18 and Iran is one of the signatories to this convention.
Mr. Mohammad Mostafaei the lawyer for childerens said: The news indicate that Bahman's death sentence is going to be carried out.

Last year at least six teenagers were sentenced to death and were sent to gallows.

Here are the name of these kids sent to gallows by the Islamic Republic:

Mohammad Hassanzadeh, Rahman Shahidi, Mohammad Mozafari, Behnam Zare,Reza Hejazi and Gholamreza H.

The 7th young offender was sent to the gallows!

This is part of a joint submission by HRW & International Campaign for HR in Iran.

So far , in this year alone Iran has sent seven young offenders to the gallows. this last one happened when in recent months Iran claimed that it stopped execution of young offenders. "in the past 3.5 years Iran has sent 27 young offenders to the gallows . Out of 33 execution of young offenders in the world ,Iran alone executed 27 of them and therefore ranked number one among the countries in the world ."

"At present 130 young offenders are awaiting for the gallows ."

The last young offender was Gholamreza H. an Afghani youth . He was 17 when commited the crime and was 19 when sent to the gallows.

On October 30, 2008 the judiciary office in the city of Isfahan in its website announced that ;its office has carried out the execution on that morning. "

Does UN human rights council still believe what Islamic Republic say and promise?

http://www.iran-emrooz.net/

World Childeren's Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqybq4vKyf8

The date of 20 November marks the day in 1959 when the Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, and is often the day chosen by countries as their own designated day to observe Universal Children's Day.

Islamic Republic judiciary is planning to send this young man to the gallows!
Mohammad Haddadi was 15 when admited committing the murder. On October 9 / 08 one day after World Childeren's Day he will be send to the gallows.
Dont let this happen. Write your protest letter to Islamic Republic Judiciary.
Islamic Republic has signed convention on child's rights in 1992.
Article # 37 of the convention says: Childeren below 18 years of age shouldn't be sent to death or locked for life imprisonment.

This news has been taken from the blog of Mohammad Mostafaei the childeren lawyer.
Link to this news in Farsi:
http://mostafaei.blogfa.com/post-76.aspx

News:

The regime that sends its young offenders to the gallows!

Hang those Islamic laws and not the young offenders.

Here is another young Iranian sentenced to death by the Islamic Republic judiciary and going to face the gallows.
Rahim Ahmadi Kamalabadi was 15 when for defending himself comitted the crime and by taking the knife from the victims hand unwantedly and accidentally killing him . He is going to face the gallows in Shiraz city prison.

For Immediate Release
Iran: Executions of Juvenile Offenders RisingIran Executes Sixth Juvenile Offender This Year, 26th Since 2005
(New York, August 27, 2008) –
Calling Iran’s execution on August 26, 2008 of juvenile offender Behnam Zare abhorrent, Human Rights Watch urged the Iranian judiciary to immediately commute the sentences of more than 130 other prisoners facing death for crimes committed while children.
Zare is the sixth juvenile offender Iran has executed this year. No other country is known to have executed a juvenile offender in 2008. Since January 2005, Iran has executed at least 26 juvenile offenders. During the same period, only four other countries – Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen, and Pakistan – are known to have executed any juvenile offenders, with a combined total of six such executions in the four countries.
“Iran leads the world in executing juvenile offenders” said Clarisa Bencomo, researcher on children’s rights in the Middle East at Human Rights Watch. “Everywhere else, countries are moving to end this abhorrent practice, but in Iran the numbers of death sentences seem to be increasing.”
As a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Iran is obligated to prohibit executions of persons under 18 at the time of the crime.
Branch 5 of the Fars Criminal Court had sentenced Zare to death on November 13, 2005, for a murder committed on April 21, 2005, when he was 16. Branch 33 of the Supreme Court upheld the ruling on May 14, 2007. Authorities at Shiraz Prison executed Zare on August 26, 2008.
Zare’s family and his lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei, only learned of Zare’s execution after the fact, although Iranian law requires that the lawyer be notified 48 hours before the execution. Zare’s family and lawyer had been trying to reach a settlement with the victim’s family at the time of the execution.
Zare’s execution closely follows the execution of juvenile offender Seyyed Reza Hejazi at Isfahan Central Prison on August 19, 2008. Branch 106 of the Isfahan General Court had convicted Hejazi of murder on November 14, 2005, for his role in a 2003 fight involving several people. Hejazi was 15 at the time of the crime, and repeatedly told authorities that he had not intended to kill the victim.
As in the case of Zare, the authorities did not notify Hejazi’s lawyer, also Mohammad Mostafaei, 48 hours prior to the execution. Instead, Mostafaei learned of the pending execution from a journalist the night before. Prison authorities refused to allow Mostafaei to visit Hejazi the morning of the execution, and he eventually left after a prison official told him the execution had been stayed. Instead, prison officials executed Hejazi an hour later.
“Killing people for crimes committed as children provides neither justice nor safety for Iranian society,” Bencomo said. “The Iranian authorities’ willingness to lie to lawyers and to deprive families of a last chance to see their loved ones only underscores the depravity of these executions.”
On July 8, 2008, Human Rights Watch and 23 other major international and regional human rights organizations called on Iran to halt juvenile executions (http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/07/07/iran19270.htm).

No to capital punishment !

Islamic Republic regime in Iran ranks number one in the world for sending the young offenders to the gallows.At present 25 young offenders are awaiting their execution.

This morning(Tuesday Aug. 26,2008) Behnam Zare a young crime offender was sent to the gallows . Islamic Republic judiciary didn't bother to let his lawyer and family know about the execution. (Islamic Republic way)

Behnam commited the crime when he was only 16 years old.Behnam was in the first year of high school when he found himself in prison. The fight between the victim and Behnam started on pegion . Based on the story; the victim throw ston to Behnam's pegion which caused the fight and as a result the victim died . Behnam was sent to the gallows in "Shiraz Adelabad" prison.

Link to this news:

http://www.iran-emrooz.net/index.php?/news1/16561/

Pic: left- Behnud Shojaei, Right - Actor Entezami & Parviz Parastuei

Iranian people must be proud of these actors and must support them and stand behind them against Islamic Republic injustices!

Do you remember this kid, his name is Behnud Shojaei , he is on the death row for allegedly committing a crime in a street fight.he wrote a letter to the mother of Ehsan ( Omid- the victim ) and asked her to forgive him. The letter was published in Etemad newspaper. Behnoud was 17 years old when in a street group fighting committed the crime and was sentenced to death.
Recently three prominent actors and director Ezatolah Entezami, Parviz Parastuei and Kumars Poorahmad volunteered to collect the " Diyeh" or " blood money " which the family of Behnud was unable to prepare . These three actors and director opened an account and asked the people to help save the life of this young man.
Now Tehran's prosecutor summoned these three actors for collecting the " Diyeh".
Mr. Mohammad Hossain Shamlu the prosecutor of the division number one of Tehran criminal prosecution said that: :" these individuals by creating a joint account were intended to create public sympathy to influence the people for a criminal , while this person was a murderer and his sentence is based on the " Ghesas " law ( tit for tat , blow for blow ) or retaliation law .

Link to this news:
http://www.radiofarda.com/Article/2008/08/19/f7_iran_parastooi_behnood.html

Iran: End Executions of Juvenile Offenders
29 Adults and Two Juvenile Offenders Hanged
(Geneva, July 29, 2008) – The Iranian judiciary should immediately halt all executions of juvenile offenders and Iran’s parliament should move swiftly to ban such executions, a group of human rights organizations said today.
The groups, which include Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, joined by six other international and regional human rights organizations – named below – strongly condemned Iran’s continuing execution of juvenile offenders in a joint statement.
“Iran is executing several children every year, despite the fact that it is banned under international law,” the organizations said. “It is cruel and inhumane to apply the death penalty even to adults, let alone to those convicted for crimes committed before the age of 18.”
This follows the executions by Iranian authorities on July 22 of Hassan Mozafari and Rahman Shahidi, both juvenile offenders, who were defined as persons under 18 at the time of their crime.
Iranian authorities executed Mozafari and Shahidi along with an adult offender, Hussein Rahnama, in the southern city of Bushehr. Bushehr Criminal Court had convicted them of rape, together with another juvenile offender, Mohammad Pezhman, and two other adults – Behrouz Zangeneh and Ali Khorramnejad. Iranian authorities executed Pezhman in May 2007 and the two other adults in October 2007.
Iran leads the world in executing persons for crimes committed under the age of 18. As a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Iran is obligated to abolish such executions.
However, in 2007, Iran carried out at least eight such executions. The recent executions of Mozafari and Shahidi bring the number of juvenile executions to four so far in 2008. No other country is known to have executed a juvenile offender in 2008.
The situation of juvenile offenders facing execution in Iran has reached crisis levels, making Iran’s violation of international standards much greater than any other country. There are at least 132 juvenile offenders known to be on death row in Iran, although the true number could be much higher.
Following intense international protests, two juvenile offenders facing execution for murder, Sa’eed Jazee and Reza Sheshblooki, were spared the death penalty last week after receiving pardons from the families of their victims.
On July 8, 24 major international and regional organizations called on the Iranian authorities immediately to stop juvenile executions. In December 2007, the UN General Assembly expressed concern about the “execution of persons who were under the age of 18 at the time their offence was committed contrary to the obligations of the Islamic Republic of Iran under article 37 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.”
“Iran’s insistence on executing juvenile offenders in the face of international law and international protests portrays an image of a judicial system bent on the application of state violence against juvenile offenders, but unconcerned about justice or international law,” the organizations said.
The organizations calling on Iran to end juvenile executions are: Amnesty International; Human Rights Watch; International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran; Iran Human Rights; Iranian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LDDHI); Penal Reform International; Human Rights Association; Stop Child Executions; and Vivere.
On July 27, the Iranian authorities hanged 29 adults inside Evin prison in Tehran. The authorities said the executed men had been convicted of drug smuggling and murder, but provided names for only 10 of them, and did not release the evidence against them or details of their prosecution. The United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 62/149 on December 18, 2007, in which it called on states to establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty, but Iran continues to fly in the face of this global trend toward abolition. Iran has executed 191 people already in 2008, making it likely to maintain its position as carrying out more executions than any country in the world but China, although its population is 18 times smaller than China’s.
“Sending almost 30 people to their death by hanging in a single day invokes a grotesque image of Iranian judges,” the organizations said. “It is abhorrent that there is no information about those executed and it raises serious concerns about due process and the rule of law.”