Posted on 07/11/2007 7:35:00 AM PDT by nuconvert
20 More Executions Under Way in Iran
July 10, 2007
The New York Times
Nazila Fathi
TEHRAN -- The Iranian government confirmed Tuesday that a man was executed by stoning last week for committing adultery, and said that 20 more men would be executed in the coming days on morality violations.
A judiciary spokesman, Alireza Jamshidi, told reporters on Tuesday that a death sentence by stoning had been carried out last week near the city of Takestan, west of Tehran, despite an order by the chief of the judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmoud Shahroudi, not to permit such executions.
“The verdict was final, and so it was carried out for the man but not for the woman,” the ISNA news agency quoted Mr. Jamshidi as saying.
He said the 20 additional executions were for such things as “rape, insulting religious sanctities and laws, and homosexuality.” Most executions in Iran are hangings, often in public and at the scenes of the alleged crimes.
The police arrested about 1,000 people in May during a so-called morality crackdown. Mr. Jamshidi said 15 more men were being tried on similar charges and could receive death sentences.
The daily newspaper Etemad Melli reported Monday that Jaffar Kiani, 47, who had been convicted of adultery, was executed by stoning on Thursday in the cemetery of a small village near Takestan. “Villagers said the sentence was carried out by the local judge and authorities,” the newspaper reported.
Mr. Kiani and his partner, Mokarameh Ebrahimi,
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May is Sweeps Month in Iran?...........
At least they’re executing men along with women. They’re equal opportunity stoners.
Why doesn’t the NYT report the executions of Christians in Iran?
Because they hate Christians, so.....silence.
Why does the NYT report the executions of homosexuals and adulterers?
Because they love adultery and homosexuality so.....outrage.
Simply barbaric.
I’m sure their “morality police” are likened to the “thought police” we have in this country.
Thought crime.
hehehe
Remember, as a moon cult, our astronauts WALKED on their symbol thirty years ago. Take THAT!
Remember, as a moon cult, our astronauts WALKED on their symbol thirty years ago. Take THAT!
“Everybody Must Get Stoned”- Dylan
Ahh, the beauty of Sharia law showing us westerners how peaceful Islam is.
Anyone notice how MSM was gushing over Hamas and it's restoration of justice in the westbank via Sharia law? prisoners are now happy, no complaints at all of being abused in the prisons.
To bad the camera crews weren't allowed to see the "sharia law justice" the thieves were getting at the other end of the prison.
Just wait, after the homo's and ACLU communist destroy Christianity in America, Islam will be the official "religion of Peace", Sharia law the justice system.
I’m not up on the history like I use to be: other persecuted religions exist as well; I would believe Zoroastrianism and the B’Hais, I knew one onf the latter, as well as of course, Judaism as the comedian who plays Borat is an Iranian Jew.
Something to read up on tonight unless some has info to add onto here.
Texas has some catching up to do.
If both partners are of marrying age it is a stoning offense. I call it the Michael Jackson syndrome.
What’s your source for this bit of info?
The 1981 Iranian Constitution,(Articles 108 — 113):
Sodomy is a crime, for which both partners are punished. The punishment is death if the participants are adults, of sound mind and consenting; the method of execution is for the Shari’a judge to decide. A non-adult who engages in consensual sodomy is subject to a punishment of 74 lashes.
The age of adulthood for males is 16.
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