Monday, August 30, 2010

Iran Calls French First Lady a "Prostitute"

Kennedy, Dana. "Iran Calls French First Lady a 'Prostitute' Over Stoning Issue". Aolnews.com. <http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/iran-state-media-call-french-first-lady-carla-bruni-sarkozy-a-prostitute/19613627>


Sciutto, Jim. "Death by Stoning: Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani Faces Brutal Death, Sparking International Outrage". Abcnews.com. <http://abcnews.go.com/WN/sakineh-mohammadi-ashtiani-faces-brutal-death-stoning-iran/story?id=11129429>


Iran Called the French First Lady a "prostitute" when she defended Ashtiani, an Iranian woman who was  charged with adultery and was sentenced to death by stoning. So far, they have been able to postpone her proposed death date, but her defenders aren't sure whether Ashtiani's life will be spared. In London, a group of protesters mocked the stoning penalty with a performance to show the severity of its conditions that not only Ashtiani could be faced with, but ten other men and women as well. What shocked me the most was the "rules" Iran had for stoning: "Men must be buried up to their waist with stones and Women up to their chests. The stones thrown can't be too large that will instantly kill or too small to be called a stone".



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