The United States condemned the secret execution of two 17-year-olds in Iran

The United States condemned the secret execution of two 17-year-old minors in Iran on charges of rape and robbery, at the end of a lawsuit in which all charges to believe the violation of the fundamental guarantees of due process, according to a complaint filed Monday. NGO Amnesty International.

"We are horrified by reports that the Iranian regime secretly executed two 17-year-old children. " said Morgan Ortagus, spokesman for the State Department, in a statement. "We will continue to shed light on the systematic violations of human rights perpetrated by the system and to urge others to join them. empowering corrupt leaders in Iran"

Mehdi Sohrabifar and Amin Sedaghat, executed on April 25 in Shiraz, in the southern province of Fars, were 15 when they were arrested and charged with the crimes that led to their deaths.

After two months in a police detention center where they were deprived of their right to a lawyer, beaten and forced to make a false confession, the children, who initially denied all the charges, were sentenced to death.

His relatives and lawyers took their cases to the Supreme Court, which quashed the death sentence and ordered a new trial, but the lower court again sentenced him to death.

"These latest executions of children continue a practice too common in Iran. The United States condemns Iran's practice of executing and even torturing children, giving it the terrible distinction of being the world's first child executor. Unfortunately, Amnesty International reports are in line with Iran's atrocious record of human rights. As Amnesty International points out, more than 90 children are currently at risk of being executed ", said the US government.

The crimes of the Iranian regime were also denounced Friday by the United Nations, pointing out that the execution of minors is prohibited by international law. "The prohibition of the execution of child offenders is absolute under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child."A spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, told reporters.

Since Iran is party to both human rights treaties "and is bound to respect them," Bachelet urged the Iranian authorities to immediately stop such executions.

(With information from EFE)