Seven countries in the world use the death penalty against children: China, Pakistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Philippines, Iran, Sudan and the USA.

According to Amnesty International, since 2000, only five countries are known to have executed juvenile offenders: China, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Pakistan, and the USA. 13 of these 21 executions have been in the USA.

Amnesty has launched a campaign to stop the Execution of 16-year-old Feyz Mohammad in Iran.

According to the NGO:

Feyz Mohammad, a 16 year old Afghan national, has reportedly been sentenced to death by a juvenile court in Karaz. He was accused of distributing approximately 7 kilos of morphine, and being a member of a drug trafficking gang.

On 31 August, the internet newspaper Peyk-e Iran reported that Fezy Mohammad had 7 kilos of morphine in his possession at the time of his arrest. It is not known exactly when he was detained, but while in detention he is said to have confessed to transporting morphine from his place of work in Varamin to Karaz. It is not known under what circumstances this confession was made.

Feyz Mohammad later appeared before a juvenile court in Karaz, and was charged with transporting, supplying, purchasing and selling 7 kilos of morphine. He was then sentenced to death, though it is currently not known whether the sentence has been appealed, or whether it has already been upheld by the Supreme Court. In Iran, all death sentences have to be upheld by the Supreme Court before they are carried out.

According to the Peyk-e Iran report, Feyz Mohammad was arrested along with four other members of the drug trafficking gang. The men, named as Moosa, Abbass, Kamal and Gholam Hossein, are reported to have been released on bail.

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