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Iran Focus
 Tehran, Iran, Oct. 09 – A 17-year-old boy was sentenced to death by
hanging, a state-run daily reported on Sunday.
The boy, only identified by his first name Hamid,
was accused of murder after a scuffle with several individuals, according
to the daily Iran.
A Tehran
court found him guilty and sentenced him to execution.
No details were provided on when and where the execution would take place.
Iran
has executed at least seven child offenders in 2005, according to the
international human rights organisation Amnesty
International.
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