United Nations Urges Iran, Not to Execute Man Convicted as a Juvenile
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) is pleading with Iran, not to execute a man convicted as a child. Sajad Sanjari was just 15 when an Iranian court sentenced him to death for the fatal stabbing of a man in 2012. Sanjari said that he was acting in self-defence after the man tried to rape him. In 2014, he was granted a retrial but the court rejected his argument of self-defence and confirmed the death sentence, claiming that Sanjari was old enough to understand his crime. Iran is one of very few countries that ...
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