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  • Iran girl gets 100 lashes for sex

    02/24/2005 1:55:19 PM PST · by Cyrus the Great · 74 replies · 4,840+ views
    BBC ^ | 2/24/05 | BBC
    A teenage girl and two young men in Iran have been sentenced to lashes for having sex. The court dismissed the girl's claim that we was raped. It said she had sex of her own free will, the official Iran Daily newspaper reported. The girl was sentenced to 100 lashes because her accusations of rape and kidnap could have landed her partners a death penalty, the Tehran judge said. Sex outside marriage is illegal in Iran and capital punishment can be imposed. The young men in the case were sentenced to 30 and 40 lashes each. Rights violations The Iran...