Welcome to the 7th Century in downtown Tehran. This a news release here from One News Now:
And this is the nation, this country of Iran, that the world has tried to appease and cow to because of their defiance in developing nuclear weapons. A nation that doesn't even try a person but sentences them to death.
Think about his...think about that neighbor you might have that got caught having an affair and then, just think about a sentence of death to your neighbor, and by stoning, no less.
It is no coincidence that of the nine sentenced to death, that eight are women - I gotta believe the male was thrown into the mix only so no one could claim a totally stacked lineup. So, once again, we talk about Iran and its nuke plan - we, as a world, are supposed to trust and believe the Iranians when given the opportunity with their own people, they forego a legal system and punish violators with death.
I ask you: If the Iranians will stone one of their own women for adultery, can you imagine what they will do to a real enemy like Israel, once they have the bomb?
Iran has sentenced eight women and one man convicted of adultery to death by stoning, activists said Sunday.
A lawyer and women's rights activist, Shadi Sadr, said the nine, who are between 27 and 50 years old, were convicted of adultery in separate cases in different Iranian cities. Trial protocol was not applied properly in the cases, she said.
Six of the nine were convicted based solely on judges' decisions with no witnesses or the presence of their lawyers during their confessions, said Sadr, who has been leading a campaign in Iran against stoning deaths.
And this is the nation, this country of Iran, that the world has tried to appease and cow to because of their defiance in developing nuclear weapons. A nation that doesn't even try a person but sentences them to death.
Think about his...think about that neighbor you might have that got caught having an affair and then, just think about a sentence of death to your neighbor, and by stoning, no less.
It is no coincidence that of the nine sentenced to death, that eight are women - I gotta believe the male was thrown into the mix only so no one could claim a totally stacked lineup. So, once again, we talk about Iran and its nuke plan - we, as a world, are supposed to trust and believe the Iranians when given the opportunity with their own people, they forego a legal system and punish violators with death.
I ask you: If the Iranians will stone one of their own women for adultery, can you imagine what they will do to a real enemy like Israel, once they have the bomb?
Activists: Iranians to be stoned to death
Iran has sentenced eight women and one man convicted of adultery to death by stoning, activists said Sunday.
A lawyer and women's rights activist, Shadi Sadr, said the nine, who are between 27 and 50 years old, were convicted of adultery in separate cases in different Iranian cities. Trial protocol was not applied properly in the cases, she said.
Six of the nine were convicted based solely on judges' decisions with no witnesses or the presence of their lawyers during their confessions, said Sadr, who has been leading a campaign in Iran against stoning deaths.
"Their verdicts are approved, and they may be executed at any time," she told reporters. "We are trying to stop the implementation of their verdicts. And we want to amend the country's penal law, in which death by stoning is prescribed."
Under Iran's Islamic laws, adultery is the only capital offense punishable by stoning. 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, but it has seldom been applied in recent years, though the government rarely confirms when it carries out stoning sentences.
Reformist legislators have demanded an end to death by stoning as a punishment for adultery, but opposition from hard-line clerics has sidelined their efforts.
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