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Iran Sentences Teenage Boozer To Death

Author: Jonty Adderley (Skrufff.com)
Saturday, January 18, 2003
A 19 year old Iranian man was sentenced to death by an Iranian court this week, after being convicted for the third time of consuming alcohol.

The unfortunate drinker is likely to face a horrific execution under the country's strictly enforced Sharia laws, which also make crimes such as adultery punishable by death. 30 something Iranian lady Maryam Ayoubi was stoned to death in 2001, after a court convicted her of appearing in a porn film, and died in a particularly unpleasant manner, the Financial Times reported.

"She was ritually washed, wrapped in a white shroud and then carried to the place of execution on a stretcher where she was buried up to her armpits," the paper quoted Iranian newspapers as reporting. A crowd then hurled rocks at her head and shoulders.

"The law specifies that the stones thrown should not be so large that the victim dies after a few strikes, but neither should they be as small as pebbles and fail to cause serious injury" (Financial Times).

Iranian authorities also execute convicted criminals by firing squad or hanging and last year sentenced a rapist to die by being placed in a sack and tossed off a cliff.
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