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Iran Human Rights – Saeed Ahadi, a juvenile offender who is sentenced to death, was beaten in Rajai Shahr Prison causing a fracture in his right arm.
According to a close source, on Thursday, June 21, the prison guards at Rajai Shahr Prison beat Saeed Ahadi and one of his friends with batons and a hose which caused a fracture in his arm.
A close source told IHR, “Saeed just asked a warden to transfer him to solitary confinement because he was in a bad mood and couldn’t stand the noises in his cell. But the warden, named Karami, called the guard, and he first tasered Saeed and his friend and then beat them with batons and a hose.”
The video that IHR received from Rajai Shahr Prison showing Saeed Ahadi’s broken arm
According to IHR’s interview with Saeed Ahadi’s family, he was born on June 14, 1993. He committed murder during a fight in 2009. That is to say, Saeed was only 17 at the time of the crime, therefore, he is subject to Article 91 of the new Islamic Penal Code approved in 2013.
Saeed’s lawyer requested an appeal based on Article 91 of the new Islamic Penal Code several times, but every time they postponed the process of the request for unknown reasons.
It is worth mentioning that the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which Iran has signed, clearly bans execution and life imprisonment of juveniles.
In 2017, at least five juvenile offenders were executed in Iran. Furthermore, at least three juvenile offenders were executed in January 2018 in Iran.
