UN rights experts call on Iran to halt execution of second juvenile offender in as many weeks 1/18/2018 9:22:45 AM Stop the Execurion of Juveniles in Iran GENEVA (16 January 2018)  – UN human rights experts have appealed to Iran to halt the execution of Abolfazl Chezani Sharahi, who was 15 when he was sentenced to death. He is due to be executed less than two weeks after the execution of another juvenile offender. “The Iranian authorities must immediately halt the execution of this juvenile offender and annul the death sentence against him and afford him a fair trial in compliance with their international obligations,” the experts said. “This planned execution represents a flagrant disregard for international human rights law, which is all the more shocking given the most recent execution of another juvenile offender.” Abolfazl Chezani Sharahi is scheduled to be executed for a crime that he was convicted of committing at the age of 15. He was sentenc...