Amnesty International said 17-year-old Alireza Molla-Soltani had acted in self-defense during a fight over a driving accident with a popular Iranian athlete. The boy so testified in a trial this past summer.
That didn't stop Iran from publicly hanging the teen before a large crowd this morning. The execution was widely condemned in the world community.
The state-run Fars news agency reported that, before he was hanged from a crane, Alireza was crying loudly and asking for forgiveness while calling for his mother and some religious figures.
Iran has ratified the UN convention on the Rights of the Child, which bans the death penalty for offences committed by persons under the age of 18 but Iran claims he was not a minor. After the execution, Ali Rezwanmanesh, the representative of the Judiciary present at the scene of execution, told news reporters that "Alireza was not a minor, according to Sharia, since in the Sharia the lunar calender in used and the years are shorter."
This was execution number 202 in Iran, just this year. "Along with China, Saudi Arabia and the United States, Iran has one of the highest numbers of executions each year." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2040041/Alireza-Molla-Soltani-execution-Teenager-publicly-hanged-killing-Irans-strongest-man.html
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And now the governments are hanging teen boys for fist fights, what is this world coming to?
We can only pray for Gods kingdom.
So Thank you and remember I am in a place where execution can only destroy your physical form but because of my faith in God, my family and all of you I have been spiritually free for some time and no matter what happens in the days, weeks to come, this Movement to end the death penalty, to seek true justice, to expose a system that fails to protect the innocent must be accelerated. There are so many more Troy Davis'. This fight to end the death penalty is not won or lost through me but through our strength to move forward and save every innocent person in captivity around the globe. We need to dismantle this Unjust system city by city, state by state and country by country.
I can't wait to Stand with you, no matter if that is in physical or spiritual form, I will one day be announcing,
"I AM TROY DAVIS, and I AM FREE!"
Never Stop Fighting for Justice and We will Win!
This boy is in this predicament due to his parents moving him to a savage land. It is harsh, but he did kill the other "man" and they chose to move their children to a shithole.
It is sad, but do not visit shitholes because they stink.
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