Iran Human RightsFather and son sentenced to death in Iran

Father and son sentenced to death in Iran

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Feb. 27 – A middle-aged man and his teenage son are facing imminent execution after Iran’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentences handed down to them. Moussa Ali, 45 years old, and his son Rasoul, 16 years old, were accused of robbery, rape, and kidnapping, according to the state-run daily Hamshahri. Iran Focus

Tehran, Feb. 27 – A middle-aged man and his teenage son are facing imminent execution after Iran’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentences handed down to them.

Moussa Ali, 45 years old, and his son Rasoul, 16 years old, were accused of robbery, rape, and kidnapping, according to the state-run daily Hamshahri.

Under Iranian law, girls above the age of nine and boys above the age of fifteen are considered as adults and could be executed for capital offences.

At present at least 30 juveniles are on death row in Tehran and Rajai-Shahr (40km west of the Iranian capital) for offences they have been alleged to have committed under the age of 18.

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