IRAN YOUTH WHO KILLED LOVE RIVAL FACES EXECUTION

a 17 year old Iranian youth who knifed and killed a rival suitor for a girl was sentenced to death by a court in Tehran. The accused attacked the victim after finding out he was talking to the girl in question, the Etemad daily said. "I have killed him but not intentionally," the young man, identified only with his first name, Safar, told the court. "I did this because I was inexperienced and I was angry. I ask them (the family of the victim) to forgive me," he said. But the victim's father said Safar had killed his son Mehdi and deserved the punishment. "I don't know the reason why they got into a fight but Safar has killed my son and he should be killed," he said.