Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Death Sentence by Stoning continues in Iran
This is about story of two sisters Zohreh and Azar Kabiri which were charged with adultery. They will be sentenced to death by stoning. The verdict comes six months after each sister had already carried out a sentence of 99 lashes for the same crime.
According to Article 102 of the Islamic Penal Code of Iran stoning defined: "An adulterer man shall be buried in a ditch up to near his waist and an adulterer woman up to near her chest and then stoned to death."
Reference: IranVNC
Labels: death penalty, stoning
