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The country of Iran was second only to China in the number of public executions carried out with 3400 and 159 respectively. [1]
Iranian Law
Iran is an Islamic nation that follows Sharia. Crimes that are punishable by execution include very serious crimes (by the views of most nations), or sexual moral conduct including (but not limited to): sodomy, [2] murder, and apostasy [3].
Sharia (Arabic: ‎ translit: ) refers to the body of Islamic law. ...
François Elluin, Sodomites provoking the wrath of God, from Le pot pourri de Loth (1781). ...
Apostasy in Islam (Arabic: ارتداد, irtidÄd or ridda) is commonly defined as the rejection of Islam in word or deed by a person who has been a Muslim. ...
Child Executions The legal age of capital punishment is 15 for males, and 9 for females [citation needed].
Iran has garnered much media attention and criticism due to a number of executions carried out on minors for acts committed that would otherwise be legal, or punished less strictly, in Western cultures. [4][5][6]
The Convention on the Rights of the Child, which Iran has signed, [7] forbids executions for people under the age of 18.
In law, a person who is not yet a legal adult is known as a minor (known in some places as an infant or juvenile). ...
The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international convention setting out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of children. ...
Gay Rights Sodomy is a crime in Iran.
• In 2005, Iran executed two underage youths for homosexuality according to some groups, but Iran insists it was for rape on another boy. [4][8]
The word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings over time. ...
Women's Rights Women do not have equal rights to men in Iran, and the woman is often punished for crimes of sexual conduct much more severely than a man would [citation needed]. The acceptability of honor killings, and the fact that the killers are not tried or punished, is an example of Sharia law.
•Iranian girl defends herself against gang rape, and gets the death penalty. [9] Honor killing is the practice of males killing their female relatives or spouses when the female relative or spouse is considered to have damaged the family honor through unwarranted sexual activity. ...
Types of Execution
Hanging Hanging in Iran is a not done by dropping the convicted, but is instead hoisted up high usually by a crane.
Suicide by hanging. ...
Stoning Stoning. According to Amnesty International, Article 104 of the Iranian penal code states, with reference to the penalty for adultery: ...the stones should not be too large so that the person dies on being hit by one or two of them; they should not be so small either that they could not be defined as stones. Amnesty argues that this is clear evidence that "the punishment of stoning is designed to cause the victim grievous pain before death".[10]
In Iran, the convicted person to be killed is wrapped in a sheet and buried; male convicts are buried from the waist down, female convicts are buried deeper to prevent the breasts from becoming exposed. The crowd then pelts the victim with stones small enough so that one cannot cause death by itself. Beheading is also occasionally used in Iran. Two beheadings have taken place in the 2000's in the country, one in 2000 and another one in 2003. Stoning or lapidation is a form of capital punishment in which the convicted criminal is put to death by having stones thrown at him or her, generally by a crowd. ...
Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization with the stated purpose of campaigning for internationally recognized human rights. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Criminal Code. ...
See also Human rights in Iran face the issues of governmental impunity, restricted freedom of speech, torture, and other excesses. ...
References - ^ "China Leads Death List as Number of Executions Around the World Soars", Common Dreams NewsCenter, 5 April 2005. Retrieved 16 May 2006.
- ^ Sodomy Laws: Iran, Sodomy Laws. Retrieved 16 May 2006.
- ^ "Apostacy, "Leaving Islam"", The Peace Encyclopedia. Retrieved 16 May 2006.
- ^ a b "Iran 'must stop youth executions'", BBC News, 28 July 2005. Retrieved 16 May 2006.
- ^ "Death penalty in Iran 'vice' case", BBC News, 22 December. Retrieved 16 May 2006.
- ^ "UN chides Iran over human rights", BBC News, 21 December 2004. Retrieved 16 May 2006.
- ^ "Status of Ratifications of the Principal International Human Rights Treaties", Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 9 June 2004. Retrieved 16 May 2006. PDF
- ^ "Execution plea over Iran youths", BBC News, 25 August 2005. Retrieved 16 May 2006.
- ^ "Iran to hang teenage girl attacked by rapists", Iran Focus, Jan 07, 2006.
- ^ Iran:Fear of imminent executions by stoning. Amnesty International (May 9, 2002).
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