Iran: Further information on imminent execution: Behnoud Shojaee

Index Number: MDE 13/081/2008
Date Published: 12 June 2008
Categories: Iran

Juvenile offender Behnoud Shojaee was granted a one-month reprieve on 10 June 2008, the day before he was scheduled for execution, to allow time for his family to negotiate financial compensation with the family of the boy he was convicted of stabbing to death, in exchange for a pardon.