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More Frightening Facts About Iranian Oppression—David Frum

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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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