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Iran stays execution of two minors: lawyer AFP – Thursday, May 7 TEHRAN (AFP) – – Iran has ordered a stay of execution for two young convicts sentenced to death for crimes committed when they were under the age of 18, their lawyer told AFP on Wednesday. The move came days after the Islamic republic sparked international outrage by executing a woman, Delara Darabi, for a murder committed when she was 17. Amir Khaleqi, now 20, and Safar Angooti, 19, had been due to be hanged on Wednesday in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, in a move that rights group Amnesty had denounced as a “total disregard” for international law. “I went to the prison this morning and learned the executions have been stayed,” lawyer Mohammad Mostafai said, following an order by judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi. “It is not clear for how long, but I think the executions will be suspended for a month,” he said. Khaleqi and Angooti are on the death row for committing murder at the ages of 16 and 17 respe
