Iran is the first in the world to execute children

Paris: The International Federation for Human Rights said in Thursday’s report that “no one is immune” from the death penalty in Iran, as it was carried out against more than 190 people in the first nine months of 2020, according to him.

Iran comes directly after China in the ranking of countries that use the death penalty, and the International Federation ensures that it carried out at least 251 sentences in 2019 based on unofficial figures obtained by this non-governmental organization that publishes its report on October 10, International Day against the Death Penalty. .

The report, produced in cooperation with a local human rights organization (LDHHI), says: “The vast majority of crimes subject to the death penalty in Iran do not fall within the definition of ‘extremely criminal offenses. grave ‘of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights “.

The report refers to a series of cases recorded in recent years of people executed for homosexuality, alcohol consumption and adultery. He noted that “Iran ranks first in death penalty (sentences) that affect children,” adding that “a death sentence is often passed against minors and they are waiting until they turn 18 to be executed “.

According to the authors, the case of Arslan Asni is an example of this, according to the authors, referring to a young man in his thirties who was executed on 17 August in Urmia (west), and who had been detained since the age of ten years later. of the death of his grandparents. The International Federation for Human Rights says 90 minors expected a similar fate in 2019.

The report concludes that “the death penalty is also used against ethnic groups, such as the Kurds, Arabs and Baluchis, but also against religious minorities, Sunnis, Bahá’ís and Yarsani (Ahl al-Haq).”

The death penalty is carried out mainly by hanging in prisons, and cranes are used if carried out in public places.

The International Federation stresses that defendants are often tried “on the basis of vague accusations and confessions generally presented under torture or as a result of ill-treatment to which they are subjected before trial”.

The report, which calls for a moratorium on the death penalty, says: “The Iranian authorities are used to harassment and prosecution of lawyers charged with defending those sentenced to death. Some of them, such as Nasrin Sotoudeh, winner of the Sakharov Prize. European Parliament in 2012, they are imprisoned for their work. Anti-punishment activists are often repressed. “