Continuing to execute people for crimes committed as children, against international bans
Iran remains one of the few countries that executes people for offences committed under 18. Amnesty and Iran Human Rights documented multiple such executions in 2023 and 2024, including cases of defendants who were children at the time of the alleged crime. The judiciary Khamenei oversees still allows these sentences under qisas and related provisions.
Editorial timeline of public reporting, not a legal finding.
- At least five child-offender executions in 2023 - Iran Human Rights reported that in 2023 at least five people who were children at the time of their alleged crimes were executed, cases also documented by Amnesty International. Juvenile Offenders Executed in 2023
- Amnesty: Iran still sending child offenders toward execution - Amnesty International's Don't Let Them Kill Us report said Iran continued to execute people for crimes committed as children despite international obligations and called for an immediate halt. Don't Let Them Kill Us: Juvenile executions in Iran
- Further child-offender executions recorded in 2024 - Iran Human Rights reported at least one and possibly several further child-offender executions in 2024, saying the law still leaves room for such sentences. Child Offenders Executed in Iran in 2024