Children and adolescents in Iran are being sentenced to death and executed; more are on death row today, awaiting the same fate. In under a minute you can write to the officials with the power to act. For each one, choose whichever way is easiest for you — open the letter in your email app, open it in Gmail, or copy the text and send it yourself. Add your name where the letter shows [Your name], and send. Please write to more than one.

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UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran (Dr Mai Sato)‍ ‍

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Dear Special Rapporteur,

I am writing as a concerned member of the public to raise the alarm about the imminent risk of execution facing children and adolescents in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and to ask you to act with urgency.

On 28 July 2026, the Iranian authorities publicly executed two young defendants at dawn. The life of Shervin Bagherian, an eighteen-year-old from Isfahan sentenced in the same case, is now in immediate danger. In recent months the authorities executed two eighteen-year-olds, Amir Nourollahi and Amirhossein Hatami, who had been detained during the January 2026 uprising. On 23 July 2026, Meysam Irandegani was executed for an offence he was alleged to have committed at the age of fourteen. According to human rights organisations, including the Campaign to Free Political Prisoners in Iran (CFPPI), at least 184 adolescents detained during that uprising remained imprisoned as of 26 July; at least fourteen were facing death sentences, two have already been executed, and serious concern remains for twelve others. More than one hundred other people who were children at the time of their alleged offences remain on death row across the country.

These sentences violate the most elementary guarantees of international law. Article 37(a) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Article 6(5) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — both binding upon Iran — prohibit, without exception, the death penalty for offences committed by persons under the age of eighteen. Iran itself observes this prohibition in drug-related cases, yet suspends it in political, security, and so-called hudud and qisas cases, condemning children to death under charges such as moharebeh ("waging war against God") and efsad-e fel-arz ("corruption on earth"). In many of these cases, the harshest punishments — death sentences against adolescents — rest on confessions extracted under torture and prolonged, unlawful interrogation. Some of these coerced confessions are then broadcast on state television.

As Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, I ask you to issue an urgent public appeal to the Iranian government and to raise these individual cases directly through your mandate before the sentences are carried out.

I therefore urge you to press the Iranian authorities to halt immediately all executions arising from offences allegedly committed by persons who were under the age of eighteen at the time; to cease the use of charges such as moharebeh and efsad-e fel-arz against children and adolescents; to guarantee their access to independent legal counsel; and to ensure proceedings that meet child-rights, national, and international fair-trial standards.

A child's life cannot be weighed against a diplomatic timetable. I ask you to act before it is too late.

Yours sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your city and country]

After copying, send it to hrc-sr-iran-sato@un.org · or use their contact page ↗.

UN Special Representative on Violence Against Children (Dr Najat Maalla M’jid)

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Dear Special Representative,

I am writing as a concerned member of the public to raise the alarm about the imminent risk of execution facing children and adolescents in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and to ask you to act with urgency.

On 28 July 2026, the Iranian authorities publicly executed two young defendants at dawn. The life of Shervin Bagherian, an eighteen-year-old from Isfahan sentenced in the same case, is now in immediate danger. In recent months the authorities executed two eighteen-year-olds, Amir Nourollahi and Amirhossein Hatami, who had been detained during the January 2026 uprising. On 23 July 2026, Meysam Irandegani was executed for an offence he was alleged to have committed at the age of fourteen. According to human rights organisations, including the Campaign to Free Political Prisoners in Iran (CFPPI), at least 184 adolescents detained during that uprising remained imprisoned as of 26 July; at least fourteen were facing death sentences, two have already been executed, and serious concern remains for twelve others. More than one hundred other people who were children at the time of their alleged offences remain on death row across the country.

These sentences violate the most elementary guarantees of international law. Article 37(a) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Article 6(5) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — both binding upon Iran — prohibit, without exception, the death penalty for offences committed by persons under the age of eighteen. Iran itself observes this prohibition in drug-related cases, yet suspends it in political, security, and so-called hudud and qisas cases, condemning children to death under charges such as moharebeh ("waging war against God") and efsad-e fel-arz ("corruption on earth"). In many of these cases, the harshest punishments — death sentences against adolescents — rest on confessions extracted under torture and prolonged, unlawful interrogation. Some of these coerced confessions are then broadcast on state television.

As Special Representative on Violence Against Children, I ask you to name the execution of children for what it is — an extreme and irreversible form of violence against them — and to raise these cases publicly and directly with the Iranian authorities.

I therefore urge you to press the Iranian authorities to halt immediately all executions arising from offences allegedly committed by persons who were under the age of eighteen at the time; to cease the use of charges such as moharebeh and efsad-e fel-arz against children and adolescents; to guarantee their access to independent legal counsel; and to ensure proceedings that meet child-rights, national, and international fair-trial standards.

A child's life cannot be weighed against a diplomatic timetable. I ask you to act before it is too late.

Yours sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your city and country]

After copying, send it to srsg-vac@un.org · or use their contact page ↗.

UNICEF — Executive Director

Dear Executive Director,

I am writing as a concerned member of the public to raise the alarm about the imminent risk of execution facing children and adolescents in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and to ask you to act with urgency.

On 28 July 2026, the Iranian authorities publicly executed two young defendants at dawn. The life of Shervin Bagherian, an eighteen-year-old from Isfahan sentenced in the same case, is now in immediate danger. In recent months the authorities executed two eighteen-year-olds, Amir Nourollahi and Amirhossein Hatami, who had been detained during the January 2026 uprising. On 23 July 2026, Meysam Irandegani was executed for an offence he was alleged to have committed at the age of fourteen. According to human rights organisations, including the Campaign to Free Political Prisoners in Iran (CFPPI), at least 184 adolescents detained during that uprising remained imprisoned as of 26 July; at least fourteen were facing death sentences, two have already been executed, and serious concern remains for twelve others. More than one hundred other people who were children at the time of their alleged offences remain on death row across the country.

These sentences violate the most elementary guarantees of international law. Article 37(a) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Article 6(5) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — both binding upon Iran — prohibit, without exception, the death penalty for offences committed by persons under the age of eighteen. Iran itself observes this prohibition in drug-related cases, yet suspends it in political, security, and so-called hudud and qisas cases, condemning children to death under charges such as moharebeh ("waging war against God") and efsad-e fel-arz ("corruption on earth"). In many of these cases, the harshest punishments — death sentences against adolescents — rest on confessions extracted under torture and prolonged, unlawful interrogation. Some of these coerced confessions are then broadcast on state television.

As the United Nations agency entrusted with the protection of every child, I ask UNICEF to speak publicly against these executions and to use every channel at its disposal, public and diplomatic, to press for their halt.

I therefore urge you to press the Iranian authorities to halt immediately all executions arising from offences allegedly committed by persons who were under the age of eighteen at the time; to cease the use of charges such as moharebeh and efsad-e fel-arz against children and adolescents; to guarantee their access to independent legal counsel; and to ensure proceedings that meet child-rights, national, and international fair-trial standards.

A child's life cannot be weighed against a diplomatic timetable. I ask you to act before it is too late.

Yours sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your city and country]

UNICEF has no public email or contact page — send this letter by post to 3 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (Mr Volker Türk)

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Dear High Commissioner,

I am writing as a concerned member of the public to raise the alarm about the imminent risk of execution facing children and adolescents in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and to ask you to act with urgency.

On 28 July 2026, the Iranian authorities publicly executed two young defendants at dawn. The life of Shervin Bagherian, an eighteen-year-old from Isfahan sentenced in the same case, is now in immediate danger. In recent months the authorities executed two eighteen-year-olds, Amir Nourollahi and Amirhossein Hatami, who had been detained during the January 2026 uprising. On 23 July 2026, Meysam Irandegani was executed for an offence he was alleged to have committed at the age of fourteen. According to human rights organisations, including the Campaign to Free Political Prisoners in Iran (CFPPI), at least 184 adolescents detained during that uprising remained imprisoned as of 26 July; at least fourteen were facing death sentences, two have already been executed, and serious concern remains for twelve others. More than one hundred other people who were children at the time of their alleged offences remain on death row across the country.

These sentences violate the most elementary guarantees of international law. Article 37(a) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Article 6(5) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — both binding upon Iran — prohibit, without exception, the death penalty for offences committed by persons under the age of eighteen. Iran itself observes this prohibition in drug-related cases, yet suspends it in political, security, and so-called hudud and qisas cases, condemning children to death under charges such as moharebeh ("waging war against God") and efsad-e fel-arz ("corruption on earth"). In many of these cases, the harshest punishments — death sentences against adolescents — rest on confessions extracted under torture and prolonged, unlawful interrogation. Some of these coerced confessions are then broadcast on state television.

As United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, I ask you to condemn these executions publicly and to press the Islamic Republic of Iran, at the highest level, to comply with its absolute obligation never to impose the death penalty for offences committed by children.

I therefore urge you to press the Iranian authorities to halt immediately all executions arising from offences allegedly committed by persons who were under the age of eighteen at the time; to cease the use of charges such as moharebeh and efsad-e fel-arz against children and adolescents; to guarantee their access to independent legal counsel; and to ensure proceedings that meet child-rights, national, and international fair-trial standards.

A child's life cannot be weighed against a diplomatic timetable. I ask you to act before it is too late.

Yours sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your city and country]

After copying, send it to ohchr-InfoDesk@un.org · or use their contact page ↗.

Committee on the Rights of the Child
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Dear Members of the Committee,

I am writing as a concerned member of the public to raise the alarm about the imminent risk of execution facing children and adolescents in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and to ask you to act with urgency.

On 28 July 2026, the Iranian authorities publicly executed two young defendants at dawn. The life of Shervin Bagherian, an eighteen-year-old from Isfahan sentenced in the same case, is now in immediate danger. In recent months the authorities executed two eighteen-year-olds, Amir Nourollahi and Amirhossein Hatami, who had been detained during the January 2026 uprising. On 23 July 2026, Meysam Irandegani was executed for an offence he was alleged to have committed at the age of fourteen. According to human rights organisations, including the Campaign to Free Political Prisoners in Iran (CFPPI), at least 184 adolescents detained during that uprising remained imprisoned as of 26 July; at least fourteen were facing death sentences, two have already been executed, and serious concern remains for twelve others. More than one hundred other people who were children at the time of their alleged offences remain on death row across the country.

These sentences violate the most elementary guarantees of international law. Article 37(a) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Article 6(5) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — both binding upon Iran — prohibit, without exception, the death penalty for offences committed by persons under the age of eighteen. Iran itself observes this prohibition in drug-related cases, yet suspends it in political, security, and so-called hudud and qisas cases, condemning children to death under charges such as moharebeh ("waging war against God") and efsad-e fel-arz ("corruption on earth"). In many of these cases, the harshest punishments — death sentences against adolescents — rest on confessions extracted under torture and prolonged, unlawful interrogation. Some of these coerced confessions are then broadcast on state television.

As the treaty body entrusted with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, I ask you to remind the Islamic Republic of Iran, as a State party, of its unconditional obligation under Article 37, and to call publicly for an immediate halt to these executions.

I therefore urge you to press the Iranian authorities to halt immediately all executions arising from offences allegedly committed by persons who were under the age of eighteen at the time; to cease the use of charges such as moharebeh and efsad-e fel-arz against children and adolescents; to guarantee their access to independent legal counsel; and to ensure proceedings that meet child-rights, national, and international fair-trial standards.

A child's life cannot be weighed against a diplomatic timetable. I ask you to act before it is too late.

Yours sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your city and country]

After copying, send it to ohchr-crc@un.org · or use their contact page ↗.

UN Special Rapporteur on Summary Executions (Mr Morris Tidball-Binz)

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Dear Special Rapporteur,

I am writing as a concerned member of the public to raise the alarm about the imminent risk of execution facing children and adolescents in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and to ask you to act with urgency.

On 28 July 2026, the Iranian authorities publicly executed two young defendants at dawn. The life of Shervin Bagherian, an eighteen-year-old from Isfahan sentenced in the same case, is now in immediate danger. In recent months the authorities executed two eighteen-year-olds, Amir Nourollahi and Amirhossein Hatami, who had been detained during the January 2026 uprising. On 23 July 2026, Meysam Irandegani was executed for an offence he was alleged to have committed at the age of fourteen. According to human rights organisations, including the Campaign to Free Political Prisoners in Iran (CFPPI), at least 184 adolescents detained during that uprising remained imprisoned as of 26 July; at least fourteen were facing death sentences, two have already been executed, and serious concern remains for twelve others. More than one hundred other people who were children at the time of their alleged offences remain on death row across the country.

These sentences violate the most elementary guarantees of international law. Article 37(a) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Article 6(5) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — both binding upon Iran — prohibit, without exception, the death penalty for offences committed by persons under the age of eighteen. Iran itself observes this prohibition in drug-related cases, yet suspends it in political, security, and so-called hudud and qisas cases, condemning children to death under charges such as moharebeh ("waging war against God") and efsad-e fel-arz ("corruption on earth"). In many of these cases, the harshest punishments — death sentences against adolescents — rest on confessions extracted under torture and prolonged, unlawful interrogation. Some of these coerced confessions are then broadcast on state television.

As Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, I ask you to intervene through an urgent communication, since the execution of persons for offences committed as children constitutes the arbitrary deprivation of life prohibited under international law.

I therefore urge you to press the Iranian authorities to halt immediately all executions arising from offences allegedly committed by persons who were under the age of eighteen at the time; to cease the use of charges such as moharebeh and efsad-e fel-arz against children and adolescents; to guarantee their access to independent legal counsel; and to ensure proceedings that meet child-rights, national, and international fair-trial standards.

A child's life cannot be weighed against a diplomatic timetable. I ask you to act before it is too late.

Yours sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your city and country]

After copying, send it to hrc-sr-eje@un.org · or use their contact page ↗.