IRAN: JUVENILE OFFENDER EXECUTED IN KERMAN PRISON

Arman Bahr Asemani was hanged in Kerman Prison along with an older co-defendant, Shams Allah R. Born on 10 February 1997, Asemani was a legal minor at the time of the 2012 homicide for which he and Allah R. were arrested and charged. The Iranian press focused its coverage of the case on Allah R., the legal adult, with scarce reference to Asemani, reported the HRANA.
Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation has documented at least 122 executions of juvenile offenders in Iran since the beginning of 2000.