mediation council, the family of the victim demanded 2 billion Rials (more than 200,000 dollars) blood money retribution. Alinejad's family not being able to afford such demand , the file was sent back to office of Ayatollah Shahrudi for final approval of execution decree.In an effort to effect a change in the penal laws of Iran to meet the international standards of human rights and justice such as 
those laws effecting children, the Iranian human rights lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei registered for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Iran. However as anticipated, his application was denied by the authorities of the Islamic regime in Iran.
Mr. Mostafaei represents many other Iranian youth facing executions and he has been a proponent of overhaul of Iran's penal codes in matters such as women and children's rights. He also co-defended the case of Nazanin Fatehi who was eventually found to be innocent and release. In a letter to Iran's parliament last year , he asked for a speedy approval of the parliamentary bill effecting juveniles which has been stalled for the past four years. He also wrote another letter asking Ayatollah Shahrudi , the head of Iran's judiciary to halt child executions until the passage of this juvenile bill in parliament be accessed. None of his letters were responded to. Mostafaei's effort to enter Iran's parliament was another attempt by him to help those who are facing injustice in Iran including his clients who are facing imminent executions.
More than half of the reformist candidates have reportedly been disqualified throughout Iran by the conservative interior ministry. The reason for denials was explained to be due to applicants' "Lack of commitment to Islam in practice" . In 2004 the authorities banned more than 2,000 out of 8,172 candidates who registered, many of them reformists, leading the way for a victory by the conservatives. Even after the controlled election process, all approved parliamentary bills are also subject to approval of Islamic a pre-selected Islamic Guardian Council. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei (another non-elected position) is the ultimate authority and maintains the final say in all matters.
According to the constitution of the Islamic regime in Iran, the candidates for parliamentary and presidential elections must be pre-selected by the Islamic authorities . This allows Iran's regime to authorize only Islamic fundamentalists to enter the parliamentary and presidential races. Such pre-selection processes of candidates is in violation of international and democratic election standards.
executions, the European Union and its candidate countries (42 states) issued a condemnation of Iran's ruling regime for its new surge of juvenile execution orders. Stop Child Executions Campaign thank the president of European Union and its members and candidates for this responsible and humanitarian action and encourage United Nations and all countries of the world to also condemn violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the Islamic regime in Iran.
There has been a postive development in the case of Ali Mahin-Torabi the young boy facing execution for the death of his school mate Mazdak at the age of 16 and there is a possibly that he could even be found innocent of the charges.
Etemaad newspaper detailed the testimony of the Vice Principle of the school who gave insight about the incidents leading up to an argument between classmates that ended in the death of Mazdak. He testified that Ali Mahin is not a murderer. He said he believed that a fight ensued when Mazdak was late for school on that particular day therefore Ali Mahin and his friend who were assigned to ensure security of the school yard that day enacted their responsibility and brought him to the Principles office. Mazdak and Ali Mahin's friend had an argument over the matter. When school was finished for the day, another fight broke out and the Vice Principle saw students pushing each other and some fell on the ground. He said he then noticed Mazdak was bleeding and Ali Mahin kept urging for someone to get him to a hospital. When the principle asked who did it, he believes Ali Mahin answered in haste that he had done it in order not to waste any time and to ensure Mazdak was sent to the hospital without any further delay. The Vice Principle believes that no one intended to commit murder that day, rather he believes it was an accident that occurred in the scuffle.
The Vice Principle's testimony has not officially been placed in the file, however if further investigation is carried out, this testimony could shift the outcome for better.
Etemaad also had reported that Ali was scheduled to be executed in 15 days. This morning Stop Child Executions Campaign was able to talk to Ali's mother and we have verified that Etemaad's scheduled execution report was inaccurate and Ali's execution order has not been issued. Although Ali was told by prison officials that some prisoners may be executed after the Shia holy month of Moharam , but no specific official notice of Ali's execution has been issued and therefore he is not expected to be in the list. SCE Campaign will continue to report the news from Iran with reference to the sources as we received them, however we will not confirm their validity until it is independently verified.
We remain hopeful that the new development and the witness testimony would help save Ali from execution. Ali's attorney Mohammad Mostafei who was assigned by SCE Campaign is presently in the city of Shiraz handling the case of three other juveniles facing execution and upon return will look in to this matter further.
For more information about the case visit: http://www.stopchildexecutions.com/the_row.aspx and http://scenews.blog.com//Ali+Mahin-Torabi/
To help save Ali from execution read : http://www.stopchildexecutions.com/how-you-can-help.aspx
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