Tehran, 10 Jan. (AKI) - Iran's supreme court has confirmed that two youths, found guilty of rape will receive 100 lashes each before being cast off a cliff - an ancient Islamic punishment - local media reported. The reports named the youths as Tayeb and Yazdan.Such lovely people.
"This is a chilling sentence," said Iranian human rights activist and lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah.
"Iranian jurisprudence allows alternative punishments to those prescribed by Islamic law, but many judges ignore them, " Dadhkhah said.
Iranian magistrates in recent weeks sentenced several people to punishments that had been in abeyance, he said. As recently as last week in Iranian Balochistan, five minority Sunnis had their hands and feet amputated, he noted.
All five Sunnis were found guilty of the crime of 'moharebeh' or enmity towards Allah. The highly vague definition of 'enemy of God' ranges from homosexuals and drug traffickers to supporters or members of armed groups opposed to the regime.
H/T Hot Air headlines.
Meanwhile, more delusional trashtalk coming out of Tehran.
A senior Iranian official has said the United States is at the end of the line due to its wrong policies in the Middle East region.
"After Israel's humiliating defeat against Lebanon's Hezbollah which was in fact the defeat of Washington and its policies in Iraq, the US has reached the end of the line," Fars News Agency quoted Ali Larijani, the former top nuclear negotiator, as telling an Arab daily.
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