Azerbaijan, Baku / corr Trend D.Khatinloglu / Despite refutations by the Iranian officials, the world community continues to protest against the execution of underage in this country.
"The protest campaign against the execution of children in Iran has been ongoing for 6 months," Mina Ahadi said, a law-defender operating in Germany and chairman of the Campaign against executions worldwide.
On 17 September Louis Arbar, the UN Commissar on Human Rights, criticized the execution of a 16-year old in Iran last week, who was accused of raping two underage children in Iran. The law-defenders have numerously criticized the execution of underage children.
Death penalties used against children in Iran is not news, Ahadi said in a telephone interview with Trend from Berlin. "According to data we hold, a minimum of 72 convicted children aged less than 18 years have been sentenced to death," she added.
Ahadi said that the campaign against the execution of children in Iran has been ongoing for 6 months.
Iran joined the UN Public and political convention in 1975. Article 6.5 of the Convention bans the death penalty of children under the age of 18 years.