Monday, March 16, 2009

Iran: man stoned to death

A 30-year-old man identified as Vali Azad was stoned to death in the Lakan prison yard in the northern city of Rasht, according to reliable sources.

A local judge named Kashani presiding the 11th branch of the mullahs' court in Northern Province of Gilan ordered the stoning.

The ruling was implemented secretly in a remote area of the prison in the presence of a few prison officials.

The authorities refused to turn over the body of the victim to the family.

Source: IranPressNews, March 15, 2009

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