Iran: Alleged juvenile offender among 10 hunger strikers threatened with immediate execution

Headline Title:  Iran: Alleged juvenile offender among 10 hunger strikers threatened with immediate executi 16 December 2014 The Iranian authorities’ threat to expedite the execution of 10 men on death row in retaliation for going on hunger strike is deplorable, said Amnesty International as it called for the death sentences to be commuted immediately. One of the 10, Saman Naseem, was sentenced to death in 2013 for engaging in armed activities against the state after he allegedly participated in a gun battle while he was a child during which a member of the Iran’s Revolutionary…

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