Iran's hanging of teenagers 'illegal'

Iran’s executions of teenage offenders last week violated international law, a New York-based human rights group has said.

Human Rights Watch condemned the July 19 public hangings of two teenagers, aged 18 and 16, after they were found guilty of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy 14 months earlier. The older convict was 17 at the time of the offence.