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Statement of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union on the imminent executions of Mohammed Fadaei and Behnood Shojaee

July 22, 2008 – The Presidency of the Council of the European Union expresses its deep concern regarding the announcement of the imminent execution of Mohammed Fadaei and Behnood Shojaee, who are both sentenced to death for alleged crimes committed when they were minors. The Presidency deplores the decision by Iranian authorities to carry out the death sentences even though the European Union has twice called on Iran to commute them. Such judicial practices are unacceptable.

These juvenile death sentences are a gross violation of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s international obligations and commitments, specifically as set out in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention of the Rights of the Child, both clearly prohibiting the execution of minors or people who have been convicted of a crime committed when they were minors.

The Presidency urges Iran to comply with its international commitments and to take the immediate measures required to grant a stay of execution to Mr Fadaei and Mr Shojaee and all other minors on death row. The Presidency firmly calls upon the Iranian authorities to consider alternative sentences for juvenile offenders such as sentences that are first and foremost educational and geared towards social rehabilitation.

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