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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region—More than 160 juveniles are on the death row in Iran, says an Amnesty International report, believing the true numbers could be higher.Said Boumedouha, deputy director of Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Program said “despite some juvenile justice reforms, Iran continues to lag behind the rest of the world, maintaining laws that permit girls as young as nine and boys as young as 15 to be sentenced to death.”Iran has executed at least 73 individuals under the age of 18 between 2005 and 2015, says the organization.The report, titled ‘Growing Up on Death Row: The Death Penalty and Juvenile Offenders in Iran’ reveals that the true numbers are likely to be much higher as Iranian authorities often shroud information about the use of the death penalty.Amnesty International has been able to identify the names and location of 49 juvenile offenders at risk of execution, some of whom have spent a decade in prison.The, according to Amnesty, is a response to Iranian authorities’ recent attempt to whitewash the ongoing violations of children’s rights.According to the United Nations Iran executes more people per capita than another country in the world including China.