Posted on 11/09/2020 6:53:29 AM PST by Irannewswire
Two men were lashed in public today for theft in the northeastern city of Golbahar. According to the Fars state-run News Agency, the two men were accused of violently robbing two women.
The two men were sentenced to 74 lashes in public in addition to prison.
Before this, four men in Karaj Prison near the capital Tehran were lashed in public in front of other prisoners. The four prisoners, all under 30 years of age, were flogged on Wednesday, October 21. Two of the prisoners were accused of theft.
Over 50% of thefts carried out by first-time offenders due to poverty
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I’m for similar for robbers here.
While I was TDY to Incerlik, Turkey, one of the supply locations we had for common supplies was right next to one the Turkish military used for the same purpose.
There was a problem with theft at each one as the people there were hungry and had trouble with essentials to stay alive. It was never a large amount, just an inventory nuisance. But the Turks didn’t look at it that way.
They caught two of them, skinned them, and hung them up next to the entrance of their supply ordinance compound. They left them up there for a couple of weeks till we finally got them to take them down because of the smell. But they didn’t have any more thefts.
rwood
Wish we could send Antifa, BLM there.
AOC says it’s okay to steal if you’re hungry
I imagine the amount of theft in Iran is rather low.
Whereas here in the US it’s now legal to steal as much as 900 dollars... leading to this:
We have become a truly sick society.
They’ll think twice before stealing again unlike US criminals who get free passes.
Over 50% of thefts carried out by first-time offenders due to poverty
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Shades of Jean Valjean.
Is 74 lashes somehow koranic? Where did this number come from?
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