UN experts urge Iran to halt execution of juvenile offender

Hossein Shahbazi was 17 when he was arrested for fatally stabbing a classmate and was sentenced to death in a trial that reportedly relied on torture-tainted confessions.
Trafalgar Square
An exhibition calling for an end to executions in Iran is held in Trafalgar Square, London, England, on Oct. 10, 2020. - Hollie Adams/Getty Images
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Al-Monitor Staff

A group of UN human rights experts urged Iran on Thursday to halt the execution of a young man arrested for murder as a minor. 

Hossein Shahbazi was 17 years old when he was arrested for fatally stabbing a classmate during a fight between a group of four people in 2018.

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