Wall Street Journal
Editorial
July 17, 2010
If an Iranian prosecutor has his way, a 43-year-old mother of two will soon be taken from her cell in Tabriz prison, wrapped in a white shroud, buried up to her chest in a dirt pit, and stoned to death. In accordance with Iran's penal code, the rocks pelted at her head will be big enough to inflict pain, but not large enough to kill her immediately. It will take time—maybe half an hour—for her to die.
Welcome to Iranian justice, where the testimony of a woman is worth half that of a man, and gays are hanged in the public square.
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