19-Year-Old Prisoner Hanged in Northeastern Iran
11 May 16
Iran Human Rights (May 11 2016): A young prisoner with murder charges was reportedly hanged at Mashhad Central Prison (in the Razavi Khorasan province, northeastern Iran) on Sunday May 8 at 4:50am.
The state-run news site, Rokna, identifies the prisoner as a 19-year-old by the name of "Morteza". Although the report does not mention the date of arrest, there is a possibility that the prisoner was arrested when he was under the age of 18.
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