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Washington, (IranVNC)—The recent stoning sentence on
adultery charges for two sisters in Iran is sparking a debate over the
legality of that court order.

In February this year, sisters Zohreh and Azar Kabiri, from the
town of Shahriar in Tehran Province, were charged with adultery. They
will be sentenced to death by stoning. The verdict comes six months
after each sister had already carried out a sentence of 99 lashes for
the same crime.

In its 2008 report, Amnesty International and other human rights
groups have demanded an end to execution in Iran, particularly stoning.
(GFX: Stoning is practiced today in: Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan, Iran,
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, among others.)

Zahir Janmohamed, Advocacy Director,Amnesty International USA: “The
Iranian law stipulates that the rock must be big enough to inflict
injury, but not that big enough where the actual stone causes fatality…
The very act of throwing rocks at an individ... >>>