Iran executes man convicted of murder as a 16-year-old, drawing UN condemnation

Iran has executed a man who was convicted of murder 12 years ago when he was 16, drawing condemnation from the UN rights office, which said the execution was prohibited under international law.

There was no report of the execution of Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee on Iran’s media and judiciary officials could not be reached for comment on Thursday, the start of the weekend in the country.

He had spent 12 years on death row.

“This is the fourth confirmed execution of a child offender in Iran in 2020,” the…