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Thread #34482 Message #468987
Posted By: GUEST
23-May-01 - 05:34 PM
Thread Name: Saudi Arabia: Off With Their Heads
Subject: RE: Saudi Arabia: Off With Their Heads
IRANIAN WOMAN STONED TO DEATH—(Tehran) An Iranian woman convicted of acting in pornographic films was buried in a pit and pelted with stones until she died in Tehran's Evin prison. The woman was sentenced to death after being convicted of adultery and "corruption on earth." Men sentenced to stoning are buried up to their necks, and women up to their armpits, but are acquitted if they succeed in pulling themselves free during the stoning. (AFP, May 21)