The United Nations Human Rights Office reacted to the execution of two young men, a 17-year-old and a 22-year-old, by the Iranian government, in a statement that was released on Tuesday, November 28.
The statement comes after the execution of Hamidreza Azari on Friday, November 24. Azari, who was convicted of murder during a brawl in May 2023, was hanged in a prison in the eastern town of Sabzevar in the Razavi Khorasan province. According to a Norway-based human rights group Iran Human Rights, Azari was 16 years old when he committed the crime and 17 at the time of execution.
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