Mosleh Zamani was a 23-year old Iranian Kurd who was executed on December 17, 2009 for having an "illicit relationship with his girlfriend" when he was 17 years old.

According to Amnesty International, Zamani was convicted of abducting a woman several years older than he was, with whom he had a consensual relationship, and of raping her. Amnesty International also states that Zamani might not have had legal representation in court.

Zamani's case raised strong controversies, both because of nature of his crime and the fact he was a minor at the time it took place. The Iranian government had signed the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is a multilateral treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 16, 1966, and in force from March 23, 1976...

 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Convention on the Rights of the Child

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is a human rights treaty setting out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children...

; because of this, it is prohibited from sentencing minors to death.

See also

• Human rights in Iran
  Human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
  The state of human rights in Iran has been criticized both by Iranians and international human right activists, writers, and NGOs. The United Nations General Assembly and the Human Rights Commission have condemned prior and ongoing abuses in Iran in published critiques and several resolutions.The...
  
  
• Delara Darabi
  Delara Darabi
  Delara Darabi was an Iranian Gilaki female, who was sentenced to death by hanging when she was only 16 years old. She was convicted of murdering her father's female cousin in 2003...
  
  
• Reza Alinejad
  Reza Alinejad
  Reza Alinejad was one of countless alleged Iranian juvenile offenders who was sentenced to death by hanging at the age of 17...
  
  
• Atefeh Rajabi