The EU has condemned Iran for executing a juvenile offender and 21 other people.
The Czech Republic, which holds the rotating EU presidency, says there is "absolutely no justification" for executing juvenile offenders.
The EU identified him as Molla Gol Hassan, an Afghan national executed Jan. 21 in Evin prison for a crime that prosecutors alleged he committed at 17. The EU couldn't immediately provide his age at the time of his execution.
The Czech Republic accused Iran in a statement Tuesday of executing at least nine juvenile offenders in 2008 and urged the country to stop the practice.
The statement also said Iran executed 21 other people last week and urged Tehran "to abolish the death penalty."
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