People had gathered in front of the Evin prison since 2 am. Among the 100 or so, mothers of the martyrs of the recent uprising ( Sohrab Aarabi's mother), a representative from UNICEF , artists and human rights activists could be seen.
The victim's family came and everyone gathered around them. Asked them to forgive Behnoud. They went inside. Behnoud came and fell on their feet, begged for forgiveness. Asked them not to kill him. The victim's mother said she wanted to see the noose on his neck. So they did.
They took Behnoud to a room where everything was prepared to kill him. He was guided to stand on top of a stool. They put the noose on his neck and while everyone was hoping for the family's forgiveness, the parents went forward and pulled the stool from under Behnoud's feet.
And he died! at the age of 21. He had spent 4 years in jail already.
He had killed their son by accident, but the laws of the Islamic Republic made him the victim of a legal homicide. The barbaric laws of Iran need to be changed. NOW!
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