Iran court upholds death sentences for two teenagers

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 14 – Iran’s Supreme Court upheld a death by hanging sentence against two teenagers in Tehran, the official state news agency reported on Tuesday. Iran Focus

Tehran, Iran, Feb. 14 – Iran’s Supreme Court upheld a death by hanging sentence against two teenagers in Tehran, the official state news agency reported on Tuesday.

The report quoted Nasser Seraj, head of Penal Courts in Tehran, as saying that the two 18-year-old men, only identified by their initials A. N. and A. K., were convicted on Monday of rape.

They face imminent execution.