12 August 2008

The European Union is deeply concerned by reports that Mr Amir Amrollahi, sentenced to death for crimes committed when he was a minor, is shortly to be executed.

This death sentence flagrantly contravenes the international obligations and commitments of the  Islamic Republic of Iran as set out in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, both of which prohibit the execution of persons convicted of crimes committed when they were minors.

The European Union accordingly condemns the execution on 22 July 2008 of Mr Hassan Mozafari and Mr Rahman Shahidi, who were minors at the time of the acts for which they were convicted.