"Ergo, that may be the view, but judgment & punishment isn't theirs to met out."
Iran has become in a sense a "religion sponsored State", sort of like Vatican City, where the religious leaders ARE ( or at least control ) the government and set the laws and punishments, so it appears that it is.
Surely you don't believe that since God decreed that " Thou shalt not kill " our government cannot meet out judgement and punishment on murder ?