IRAN. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR TWO TEENAGERS

15 February 2006 :

Iran’s Supreme Court upheld a death by hanging sentence against two teenagers in Tehran, the official state news agency reported.
The report quoted Nasser Seraj, head of Penal Courts in Tehran, as saying that the two 18-year-old men, only identified by their initials A. N. and A. K., were convicted of rape. They face imminent execution.
 

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