IRAN. ANOTHER MAN HANGED FOR CRIME COMMITTED AS A MINOR

Iran hanged a man for a murder committed at the age of 15, the second execution in a week that violated international rights conventions.
Behnam Zaree, 18, was executed in prison in the southern city of Shiraz on for murdering a fellow teenager identified only by his first name Mehrdad in a streetfight three years ago, the Etemad daily reported.
Zaree had told the court that he did not mean to kill Mehrdad and asked for his family's forgiveness, the paper said.