Iran executed three child offenders in January, human rights group says 2/8/2018 9:31:55 AM People hold placards displaying portraits of Iranians on death row during a demonstration denouncing Irans use of the death penalty Critics say 2013 changes to the penal code designed to protect minors in Iranian criminal justice system have not stopped the country's 'continuing violation of children's rights' Independent, Feb. 7, 2018 -  At least three minors have been executed by hanging in Iran so far this year, rights organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. 18-year-old Amirhossein Pourjafa was hanged on 4 January in the northern town of Karaj for the alleged rape and murder of a three-year-old girl when he was 16. On 30 January, 20-year-old Mahboubeh Mofidi of Nowshahr - married off at 13 - was executed for allegedly killing her husband at the age of 17. Also on 30 January, in Bushehr in Iran’s south, Ali Kazemi was hanged for killing some...