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Stoning, or lapidation, is a method of capital punishment where a group throws stones at a person until the subject dies from blunt trauma. It has been attested as a form of punishment for grave misdeeds since ancient times. Stoning appears to have been the standard method of capital punishment in ancient Israel [citation needed]. Its use is ...
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Iran. [2] The list of crimes punishable by death includes murder; rape; child molestation; homosexuality; drug trafficking; armed robbery; kidnapping; terrorism; burglary; incest; fornication; adultery; sodomy; sexual misconduct; prostitution; [3] [4] plotting to overthrow the Islamic government; political dissidence; sabotage; arson; rebellion ...
Stoning. Stoning is the form of execution for only one crime in Iran - adultery. [81] From 1980 to 2009 150 people were reportedly stoned to death in Iran, [citation needed] but in 2002, authorities placed a moratorium on this form of execution. [81] As of 2018, women were still being sentenced to stoning in Iran. [82]
In some provincial towns, traditional forms of execution such as stoning were revived for moral offenses. [12] At stonings, spectators are encouraged to participate by throwing stones at the condemned. In 1990, Amnesty International "recorded the first executions carried out by beheading in modern times in Iran." [9]
Indonesia has an informal moratorium and Malaysia a formal one, both in place since 2018. In April 2023, legislation abolishing the mandatory death penalty was passed in Malaysia. [39] The countries in Asia that most recently abolished the death penalty are Kazakhstan (2021), Mongolia (2017), and Uzbekistan (2008).
Iran Human Rights also expressed concerns over Mehmanparast's statement about "Sakineh's murder charge being investigated for the final verdict". Commenting on this statement, the spokesperson of Iran Human Rights , Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam , says: "The fact that the authorities are mentioning murder charges now could mean that Ashtiani is in ...
Iran, [a] [b] officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) [c] and also known as Persia, [d] is a country in West Asia.It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
Amini in 2019. Asieh Amini (Persian: آسیه امینی; born 14 September 1973) is an Iranian poet and journalist currently residing in Trondheim, Norway.She is a women's rights activist fighting against the death penalty in general and specifically against the stoning of women and minors in Iran.