[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----worldwide

[Rick Halperin]

Feb. 28


IRAN:

Father and son sentenced to death in Iran


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 9 and boys above the age of 15
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.

(source: Iran Focus)