URGENT: 7 people to be executed early tomorrow morning, April 23

April 23, 2008, 12:22 a.m.

Iran Human Rights, April 22: Seven young men are scheduled to be executed early tomorro morning, reported the Iranian news site Etemaad-e-melli. They are between 23 and 27 years of age, and one of them is convicted of murdering a member of the para-military "Basidj" according to the news site. The others are also convicted of murder, and they will all be hanged in Tehran.

It is not mentioned ho old the men were when they allegedly committed the offence.