22/04/2020 (Agence Europe) – The spokesperson for the European External Action Service (EEAS) denounced, on Tuesday 21 April, the execution in Iran of Shayan Saeedpour, aged 21, who was sentenced to death in October 2018 for a fatal stabbing in August 2015 at the age of 17. According to the spokesperson, the EU regrets that Article 91 of the Iranian Penal Code, which allows judges to use their discretion and not issue a death sentence against a minor who was not able to comprehend the nature and consequences of the crime at the time it has been committed, had not been used. He pointed out that Mr Saeedpour had a history of mental illness. "Death sentences and executions of juvenile offenders are incompatible with Iran's international obligations", the spokesman said. (CG)