IRAN: CONDEMNATION FOR MULLAHS' VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

France, the EU's current rotary president, expressed again in a statement "its deep concern" over the imminent execution order of Behnood Shojaee. "The Presidency of the Council of the European Union reminds Iran that juvenile death sentences are a gross breach of its international obligations and commitments, specifically as set out in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention of the Rights of the Child, both clearly prohibiting the execution of minors or people who have been convicted of a crime committed when they were minors," the statement added. The EU presidency calls on Iran to "comply with its international commitments and to take the immediate measures required to grant a stay of execution to Mr. Shojaee and all other minors facing death sentences."