Iran: cause of death

Amnesty International has an urgent action PUBLIC AI Index: MDE 13/116/2007 UA 263/07 for Ali Mahin Torabi, 21 year who is sentenced to death for a murder committed when he was 16 years old.
On 3 February 2003, during a playgroundfight at school Mazdak Khodadian was stabbed and he died from loss of blood. Ali Mahin Torabi has repeatedly stated that he only realized that his schoolmate had been stabbed after he heard shouting from the crowds and that his blow was not
intentional.
Branch 33 of the Public Court for the Investigation of Juvenile Crimes Offences in Karaj sentenced Ali Mahin Torabi to qesas (retribution) on 8 February 2003.
On 8 June 2004 there were reports that Branch 27 of the Supreme Court had
upheld the death sentence. However, new information later stated that the Head of the Judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi had ordered that the case
be resolved through arbitration.
According to reports, Mazdak Khodadadian’s mother demanded payment of diyeh
(blood money) in order to pardon Ali Mahin Torabi. However her husband is
refusing this and is demanding that the execution be carried out.
Failing to reach an agreement between all the blood relatives of the victim, in this case
the parents, Ali Mahin Torabi remains at risk of execution.


An Iranian military helicopter crashed Thursday in the western province of Kermanshah bordering Iraq.
Both crewmembers died in the crash.
ISNA reported that so far no information is available on the cause of the crash.




Seven human skeletons dating back to the Stone Age have been discovered in the Galabar Dam region in Zanjan province.
The head of the excavation team said that the skeletons belong to children and babies and are some 6000 years old.They are undergoing anthropological examinations to uncover the cause of death.
An ancient fortress belonging to the Arsacid Dynasty from the 3rd century BC was also discovered on a hill.
Photo Press-TV


In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.

Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
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