An Iranian man that had committed adultery has been stoned to death, while the judiciary suggested that the involved woman’s life was spared.
While there are several official recommendations that this practice should not occur and Iran has been constantly and aggressively criticized by the EU, UN and human rights groups from around the world, judiciary spokesman Alireza Jamshidi admitted that the man was killed but took pride in stating that the woman was spared:
“What you said about stoning is correct. But the woman repented … Among the instances in which the sentence is not performed is when there is repentance by the individual involved.”
The 30 year old man was executed according the Iran Islamic penal code. There it states that men that have committed adultery will be buried up to their waists while women should be buried up to their chests for stoning. A macabre detail states that the stones should not be large enough for the person to die immediately.
According to Jamshidi, another two men were executed in January, in the same way, after committing adultery, while a third managed to escape during the punishment.
There have been small improvements in the way these people are being treated since the moratorium ordered on stoning in 2002 by Iran’s judiciary. Four people have been spared last year.
Another reason of criticism by human rights group was that Iran condemned underage child to death. How does Iran respond? By claiming that the punishment is not executed until they reach 18.
Further in his press conference, Jamshidi defended the system in the Delara Darabi case. Darabi was convicted of killing her father’s cousin when she was 17, and was executed in a Rasht prison on Friday. It is obvious that this raised intense criticism from the EU and human rights group. Darabi had confessed the crime believing that she will avoid prison as she had committed the crime when she was a minor.
Sources stated that in addition of this horrible execution, her lawyer was not even informed about it.
But, in front of all this criticism from around the world and mainly every organization that can condemn this act, Jamashidi stated that no mistakes were made by the judges in this case, and that Iran will continue to enforce their rules according to the Islamic standards.
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