More Frightening Facts About Iranian Oppression
A man holds a placard showing a portrait of Iran's Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani (C), who has been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, as he participates in a demonstration on October 10, 2010 (ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP / Getty Images)
From the Wall Street Journal today, a piece on a new UN report about the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran:
The report cites...
an "alarming increase" in executions, from fewer than 100 people in 2003 to more than 650 in 2011. More than 80% of the executions were related to drug trafficking, which the report argues isn't a serious crime under international law. It said at least 15 men and women face sentences of death by stoning on charges of adultery.
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David Frum
David Frum is a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast and a CNN contributor. He is the author of eight books, including most recently the e-book WHY ROMNEY LOST and his first novel Patriots, published in April 2012.
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