Norway Expresses Serious Concern Over Imminent Execution of Juvenile Prisoner Salar Shadizadi

According to reports by Amnesty International, Salar is currently being held in solitary confinement in Lakan Prison (in the province of Rasht) until his execution date. Salar was reportedly 15 years old when Iranian authorities arrested him in February 2006 for the alleged murder of his friend, he has been imprisoned since. Iranian authorities are reportedly planning to carry out his execution this Saturday. Iran Human Rights (IHR) calls on the international community to react to Salar's imminent execution and help stop it. “Executing Salar Shadizadi will be a clear violation of Iran’s international obligations. The execution is scheduled to take place at the same time that the High Representative of the European Union (EU), Federica Mogherini, and the French Foreign, Minister Laurent Fabius, are in Iran. We call on the international community, especially the EU to use all their channels to stop Salar’s execution,” says Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, executive director of IHR.