9 Iranians Convicted of Adultery Set to Be Stoned to Death

[Star]

A man is usually buried up to his waist, while a woman is buried up to her neck. Those carrying out the verdict then throw stones until the condemned dies.

Stoning was widely imposed in the early years after Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution that toppled the pro-Western Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and brought hard-line clerics to power. But in recent years, it has seldom been applied, though the government rarely confirms when it carries out stoning sentences. The last stoning death confirmed by the government was in July 2007.

In the recent years, reformist legislators demanded an end to death by stoning as a punishment for adultery, but opposition from hard-line clerics sidelined their efforts.

Along with adultery, other capital offenses in Iran include murder, rape, armed robbery, apostasy, blasphemy, drug trafficking, prostitution, treason and espionage.

[pjam2825]

Ayatollah Shahroudi, the head of Iran's judiciary, ordered a moratorium on execution by stoning in 2002, pending a decision on a permanent change in the law, being considered by Iran's supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

In September 2003 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei passed a law implementing certain kinds of penalties, including stoning but put very high restrictions on its use saying that he could not imagine stoning ever being used in Iran again, to remove the law might send the wrong symbolic massage diminishing the seriousness of the crime.

Iran is not carrying out death sentences by stoning, such verdicts are occasionally handed down by a lower court but are always overturned at a higher level.

Not one stoning has been executed since before 2002.

[BOMB ISLAM PBUH]

pjam2825 wrote:

Ayatollah Shahroudi, the head of Iran's judiciary, ordered a moratorium on execution by stoning in 2002, pending a decision on a permanent change in the law, being considered by Iran's supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
In September 2003 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei passed a law implementing certain kinds of penalties, including stoning but put very high restrictions on its use saying that he could not imagine stoning ever being used in Iran again, to remove the law might send the wrong symbolic massage diminishing the seriousness of the crime.
Iran is not carrying out death sentences by stoning, such verdicts are occasionally handed down by a lower court but are always overturned at a higher level.
Not one stoning has been executed since before 2002.

Total BS , try again.

[Sam the Man]

Some senior leaders of the Islamic community in Sydney are calling on the Australian government to recognize polygamous marriage on cultural grounds. Bigamy and polygamy are illegal in Australia but clerics say some Muslims circumvent the law by forming unions in religious ceremonies that are not state sanctioned.

The Australian government is firmly against the idea, too.

The Attorney-General's office says the government is not considering amending the laws, or in any way recognizing polygamous marriage.

[Why]

Nine Iranians to be stoned to death for adultery

Eight women and one man convicted of adultery are set to be stoned to death in Iran, activists said Sunday.
Lawyer and women's rights activist, Shadi Sadr, said the nine were convicted of adultery in separate cases in different Iranian cities.

"Their verdicts are approved, and they may be executed at any time," she told reporters.

Sadr, who has been leading a campaign in Iran against stoning deaths since 2006, said trial protocol was not applied properly in the cases. Six of the nine were convicted based solely on judges' decisions with no witnesses or the presence of their lawyers during their confessions, she said.[...]

Under Iran's Islamic laws, adultery in the only capital offense punishable by stoning. Other capital offenses in Iran include murder, rape, armed robbery, apostasy, blasphemy, drug trafficking, prostitution, treason and espionage.

Stoning was widely imposed in the early years after Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution that toppled the pro-Western Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and brought hard-line clerics to power. But in recent years, it has seldom been applied, though the government rarely confirms when it carries out stoning sentences. The last stoning death confirmed by the government was in July 2007.

In the recent years, reformist legislators demanded an end to death by stoning as a punishment for adultery, but opposition from hard-line clerics sidelined their efforts.

Along with adultery, other capital offenses in Iran include murder, rape, armed robbery, apostasy, blasphemy, drug trafficking, prostitution, treason and espionage.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,386789,00...

[Abu Jassem]

There are also good advertisement on this new caption above, It shows you how to whiten up your teeth.

[pjam2825]

Why wrote:

Stoning was widely imposed in the early years after Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution that toppled the pro-Western Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and brought hard-line clerics to power. But in recent years, it has seldom been applied, though the government rarely confirms when it carries out stoning sentences. The last stoning death confirmed by the government was in July 2007.
In the recent years, reformist legislators demanded an end to death by stoning as a punishment for adultery, but opposition from hard-line clerics sidelined their efforts.
Along with adultery, other capital offenses in Iran include murder, rape, armed robbery, apostasy, blasphemy, drug trafficking, prostitution, treason and espionage.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,386789,00...

No.
Your western media reported on Wednesday June 20, 2007 that “An Iranian justice official denied that any such stoning had been planned.”

This propaganda piece said that “Iranian authorities have halted the planned stoning to death of a man and woman convicted of adultery following international protests, it emerged tonight.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/jun/20/i...

The June 2007 story had no truth to it and no evidence just as this story has no truth.

Mud sticks and people never here a retraction of these lies so believe it to be true.

It troubles me why international organizations and Media perpetuate these lies.

[BOMB ISLAM PBUH]

pjam2825 wrote:

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No.
Your western media reported on Wednesday June 20, 2007 that “An Iranian justice official denied that any such stoning had been planned.”
This propaganda piece said that “Iranian authorities have halted the planned stoning to death of a man and woman convicted of adultery following international protests, it emerged tonight.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/jun/20/i...
The June 2007 story had no truth to it and no evidence just as this story has no truth.
Mud sticks and people never here a retraction of these lies so believe it to be true.
It troubles me why international organizations and Media perpetuate these lies.

You take Iran's side on all matters.

Why are you not the one who lies ?

[pjam2825]

BOMB ISLAM PBUH wrote:

<quoted text>You take Iran's side on all matters.
Why are you not the one who lies ?

Sometimes I wish I was, It’s scary as to who and why these lies are being disseminated.

[BOMB ISLAM PBUH]

pjam2825 wrote:

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Sometimes I wish I was, It’s scary as to who and why these lies are being disseminated.

You need some anti-fog on your mirror.

[pjam2825]

BOMB ISLAM PBUH wrote:

<quoted text>You need some anti-fog on your mirror.

Unfortunately I always have to keep my mirrors clean so I can watch my back.

This stoning thing is a prime example. All executions are public in Iran yet not one image can be produced to substantiate these accusations of stoning.

[Hellfire Missile]

The Truth About Muhammad: Quran is a Fraud!

http://www.youtube.com/watch...

[FreeIranians]

Video of Iranian Woman being stoned to death.
http://www.apostatesofislam.com/media/stoning...

Being a humanist is a great alternative to being a Muslim

[FreeIranians]

The sad story of two Iranian teenagers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch...

[Stop]

This is not just a war on terror, it is a war against the violent treatment of women.
http://www.youtube.com/watch...

[Woman]

Iran admits that it is governing out of the 7th Century

http://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/...

[Twenty]

Mother of four faces death by stoning in Iranian jail
http://news.scotsman.com/world/Mother-of-four...

[pjam2825]

What can I say quality work those glossy video’s must cost a mint, did they commission Leni Riefenstahl?

Good to see the 400milion in terrorist funds against Iran that the US congress recently passed going to a constructive purpose.

People see through these tricks and the old stock film.

[Star]

IRAN: TORTURED CHRISTIAN FLEES
'I have no doubt they wanted to kill me,’ says former Muslim.
ANKARA, July 21 (Compass Direct News)– Days after his release from a month of interrogations and severe torture under secret police custody, Iranian Christian Mohsen Namvar has fled across the border into Turkey with his family.

Traveling by train, the badly beaten Christian arrived July 2 in eastern Turkey with his wife and son.

Namvar, 44, had been held incommunicado by a branch of Sepah (the Iranian Revolutionary Guards) from May 31 until June 26, when authorities told his family they were releasing him “temporarily.”

Although the secret police demanded $43,000 in bail, officers refused to issue a court receipt for the family’s cash payment.

At the time of his release, Namvar was experiencing fever, severe back pain, extremely high blood pressure, uncontrollable shaking of his limbs and recurring short-term memory loss.

“I have no doubt they wanted to kill me,” Namvar told Compass.

According to Namvar, who converted from Islam to Christianity as a teenager, his severe physical mistreatment stemmed from his refusal to give the police any names or information about other converts and house church groups in Iran.
http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archive...

[pjam2825]

Religious Freedom in Iran
http://www.wrmea.com/archives/april2002/02040...

“Iran has embarked upon the road of religious freedom. Christians and members of other religions worship freely. The churches in Tehran…do not hide their Christian identity. They display the cross openly on their buildings and it can be seen from many vantage points.”

—Dr. Bernard Sabella, Al-Quds, Jerusalem

“The real surprise was the freedom the Christian minority enjoys in Iran. The churches are established and no stumbling blocks are put in the way of Christian activity. Bishops and clergy don their vestments openly.”

—Dr. Anba Yuhanna Qoltah, Al-Ahram, Cairo

“Iran is the freest country for religious minorities.”

—Armenian Archbishop Ardavas Tartarian, The Tehran Times

While Washington continues its policy of isolating Tehran, religious leaders testify to a pattern of openness to inter-religious dialogue and for the free expression of religion among Iran’s minorities.