Judiciary spokesman Jamal Karimirad (file photo) (Fars)
November 21, 2006 -- A spokesman for Iran's judiciary, Jamal Karimirad, today rejected reports claiming that stoning sentences have been carried out recently in Iran.
Karimirad was reacting to a letter by women's rights activists who have called on the head of Iran's judiciary to end the Islamic practice of stoning convicted adulterers to death.
Activists have said that a man and a woman were stoned to death in May despite a moratorium on the practice, and several others face stoning sentences.
Karimirad said some courts might have issued stoning sentences but that the sentences have subsequently been commuted.
(ISNA, ILNA)
Activists have said that a man and a woman were stoned to death in May despite a moratorium on the practice, and several others face stoning sentences.
Karimirad said some courts might have issued stoning sentences but that the sentences have subsequently been commuted.
(ISNA, ILNA)
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