IRAN,10 August 2017— Iran’s brutal regime finally hanged Alireza Tajiki, a juvenile who was 15 years old at the time of the offence. Alireza was executed today, on Thursday, August 10, 2017 in Shiraz Adel-Abad prison.
The Iranian Resistance on Wednesday, August 9, called for an urgent action to save the life of the juvenile offender, Alireza Tajiki, 20 years old, who was only 15 years old at the time of the offence. He had spent 5 years in prison before being executed on Thursday, August 10, 2017.
The Iranian Resistance called on international organizations and human rights body, as well as the Human Rights High Commissioner and the Special Raportour and other respective human rights organizations to take urgent action to save the life of Alireza Tajiki.
Alireza was placed in the solitary for 15 days upon arrest and faced sever tortures and psychological pressures to confess to his guilt. He had repeatedly denied involvement to the crime he was purported to have committed later, but the court refused to hear his testimonies.
Amnesty International said on Wednesday that the Iranian authorities must halt the imminent execution of Alireza Tajiki who was arrested as a child, after learning that he was transferred to solitary confinement and is due to be executed in less than 24 hours in Shiraz’s Adel Abad prison.
Amnesty insisted that Alireza Tajiki was just 15 at the time of his arrest and 16 when he was convicted and sentenced to death. He was transferred to solitary confinement in Adel Abad prison in Shiraz, Fars Province, on 9 August. His family were told to come to prison in order to make their final visit. The authorities did not inform his legal representatives, contrary to Iran’s own laws, which require lawyers to be informed of their clients’ scheduled execution at least 48 hours in advance.
“This is an utterly shameless act by the Iranian authorities. They are keenly aware that using the death penalty against someone who was under 18 years of age at the time of crime is in flagrant breach of Iran’s obligations under international human rights law, including the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, ” said Magdalena Mughrabi, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.
“Despite this, time and again Iran’s judicial authorities and lawmakers have failed to take any steps to once and for all end the use of the death penalty against juvenile offenders. The Iranian authorities must immediately halt any plans to execute Alireza Tajiki.”
