Iranian woman stoned to death

Tehran - A 35-year-old Iranian woman has been buried up to her armpits and stoned to death by court officials for acting in obscene…

Tehran - A 35-year-old Iranian woman has been buried up to her armpits and stoned to death by court officials for acting in obscene films, Entekhab newspaper said yesterday.

The woman was arrested on charges of producing and acting in obscene films. She denied the charges, but evidence and testimony from witnesses led the judge to issue the maximum sentence allowed under Islamic sharia law, the paper said. She was stoned by court officers at Tehran's Evin Prison, in the presence of the judge who tried her case.

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