Unless of course, you dent man’s ego.
And, man’s ego is seriously dented
if his wife commits adultery.
Come to think of it, that’s about the only damage
caused by adultery.
33-year-old Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani
is an Iranian woman who has been on death row since
2006.
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She was first tried on May 15, 2006, by
a court in Tabriz, pleading guilty to the crime of "illicit
relationship" with two men, though the incident occurred
after the death of her husband. She was sentenced to a whipping
of 99 lashes, which was carried out.
In September 2006 her case was again brought
up when a separate court was prosecuting one of the two
men for involvement in the death of Ashtiani's husband.
She was then convicted of adultery while still married,
and sentenced to death by stoning.
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This is how it
is done. The person is buried alive with only the
head and shoulders above the ground.
Than, a frenzied mob stones her until she is dead
and literally buried under stones.
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The Punchline?
For being an accomplice in her husband’s
murder Sakineh was sentenced to 10 years in prison!
It seems that the crime of denting man’s ego is far
worse than killing him.
Ashtiani’s sentence caused an international
uproar, and a campaign by her two children succeeded in
halting her imminent execution in July 2010, but not in
overturning her death sentence.
On August 4, 2010, the Iranian authorities
told Ashtiani's current lawyer, Houtan Kian, that Ashtiani
still faces death by hanging. Her original lawyer had to
go into hiding and then seek asylum in Sweden.
On August 12, 2010, Ashtiani was televised
from Tabriz prison on an Iranian state run television program
which showed her confessing to adultery and involvement
in a murder.
Her lawyer claimed she was tortured for two days prior to
the interview.
To top it all off, Iran is to get a seat
on the U.N. Women’s Rights Body and in the four-year
period beginning in 2011, Iran will help set U.N. policy
on gender equality and the advancement of women.
