SADEGH SOURI, IRAN
IRAN: NO MERCY FOR THE CHILDREN
According to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (ratified by almost every nation), children who get into conflict with the law need to be treated as children. In reality, however, this right is violated in many countries.
Photographer Sadegh Souri managed to take pictures of female delinquents, aged between 13 and 18, at a juvenile detention center in Zibashahr near Teheran, Iran. Some of them could even face the death penalty, for example due to allegations such as drug possession or armed robbery. However, the sentence can only be carried out after the delinquents turn 18 – a “concession” to the international community.
© Sadegh Souri (Freelance Photographer)
Curriculum Vitae: Sadegh Souri (Freelance Photographer)
