IRAN: RIGHTS GROUP PROTESTS HANGING OF MINORS

three men were hanged in the central prison of Bushehr (south of Iran) the state run news agency Fars. They were identified as Hassan Mozafari, Rahman Shahidi and Hussein Rahnama. Hassan Mozaffari and Rahman Shahidi were minors at the time of the offence. They were convicted of rape by the Bushehr Criminal Court together with another juvenile offender, Mohammad Pezhman, and two other adults – Behrouz Zangeneh and Ali Khorramnejad. Iranian authorities executed Pezhman in May 2007 and the two other adults in October 2007.