Global InformationAmirhossein Pourjafar information
Amirhossein Pourjafar | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 December 1999 |
| Died | 4 January 2018 (aged 18) Gohardasht Prison, near Tehran, Iran |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Criminal charge | Capital murder |
| Penalty | Death (September 2016) |
| Details | |
| Victims | Setayesh Ghoreyshi, 7 |
| Date | 10 April 2016 |
Amirhossein Pourjafar (also stylised as Amir Hossein Pourjafar, 17 December 1999 – 4 January 2018) was an Iranian juvenile offender who was sentenced to death and executed for the 2016 rape and murder of Setayesh Ghoreyshi, a 7-year-old girl from Iran's marginalised Afghan community. Pourjafar was 16 years old at the time of the murder and was executed shortly after his 18th birthday. Pourjafar's execution sparked international outrage and renewed questions about the ethics of the death penalty.[1]
- ^ Trew, Bel (2017-10-18). "Iran to send 17-year-old killer to the gallows". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2018-01-28.