Thread: 16 year old girl hung by the neck in Iran for adultery

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Iran Focus

Tehran, Sep. 17 - The lawyer representing the relatives of Atefeh Rajabi, the 16-year-old girl who was hanged last month (Aug. 15th) in the town of Neka, northern Iran, has filed a lawsuit on their behalf. Mr. Shadi Sadr, who was retained to help prove Atefeh’s innocence, stated that after examining Atefeh’s documentation he was convinced that she was in fact 16 years old at the time her execution and not 22 as Iranian Judiciary spokespersons had claimed. Judiciary officials have admitted that Atefeh was executed but said she was 22 to justify her hanging.

Many observers note that such a tactic was only meant to divert attention from the fact that the offence Atefeh allegedly committed did not even carry the death penalty. Iran Focus first quoted Haji Reza’i, the religious judge in the case, as saying that he had Atefeh hanged for her ‘sharp tongue’.

Mr. Sadr was quoted as saying: “Under Iran’s Islamic Law, girls over 9 years of age are punishable for the crime of chastity and it appears that the execution of a 16 year old girl is viewed as an appropriate punishment.â€

This makes me ill. These people are barbaric. Countries like these should not be given any help from the United States until they stop committing crimes against women and children.

wow.. your kidding me .... they were sympathetic and didnt stone her to death and cut her head off before they hung her...

Isnt it amazing how soft they are becoming as they get more modern