Jafar Kiani, convicted of adultery, was stoned to death in Aghchekand
village on Thursday. The village is in the northern part of the country,
approximately 120 miles from the capital, Tehran. It is the first
confirmation of such an execution by the government in many years.
Kiani and his domestic partner, Mokarrameh Ebrahimi, have been
imprisoned for over 11 years for carrying on an adulterous relationship
and having two children. Ebrahimi is also set to be stoned to death but
the date for her execution has not been released. The couple�s children
also reside in the prison with their mother.
Every time I read this kind of thing I count my lucky stars I was born
where I was, and not in Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria, Burma, North
Korea, and on and on.
A crushing loss indeed.
Mez