The Wire

Human rights advocates have been outraged this week over Iran’s plans to execute two juvenile offenders. While most countries have a ban on the death penalty for people under 18, Iran’s penal code allows children as young as nine to be put to death if they are convicted of serious crimes. The International head of Amnesty, Irene Khan, this week personally protested outside the Iranian embassy in London, in a last ditch effort to save the two teenagers.