Mosleh Zamani (Persian: مصلح زمانی, also referred to as Moslah Zamani) was a 23-year-old Iranian Kurd who was executed on December 17, 2009,[1] for having an "illicit relationship with his girlfriend" when he was 17 years old.
[2] According to Amnesty International, Zamani was convicted for abducting a woman several years older than he was (with whom he had previously had a consensual relationship) and of raping her.
Amnesty International also stated that Zamani might not have had legal representation in court.
[3] Zamani's case was considered controversial because of the nature of his crime and the fact that he was a minor at the time it took place.
The Iranian government consequently signed the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child; which led to the abolition of death sentence to minors in Iran.