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The only difference between the revised code and the one it replaces is that in accordance with the suggestion of the presiding judge and approval of the head of the judiciary, if adultery is proven in accordance with the testimony of four witnesses or four accounts of admission, then execution can replace death by stoning. In those cases where adultery is proven based on the knowledge of the judge, stoning can be reduced to lashing.
According to the revised code which Justice For Iran obtained a full copy of that, any sexual act outside of marriage or between members of the same sex is considered a crime. In addition, all other discriminatory measures including those against women, such as the value of a woman’s testimony being half of that of a man, remain unchanged. The revised code also enables judges to sentence juvenile offenders, civil or political activists or critics of the government to execution.
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We express our deep concern for those women and men who face the sentence of
death by stoning and are held indefinitely in Islamic Republic prisons,
including Ashraf Kolhari, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, Maryam Bagherzadeh,
Based on statistics released by Amnesty International, since the inception of the Islamic Republic 77 cases of stoning have been registered. Although Amnesty adds that this number may in fact be higher as Islamic Republic authorities refuse to release official statistics and reports on cases involving stoning.
The Stop Stoning Forever Campaign which activities covered the three-year period between 2006 and 2009 has also confirmed that six men and one woman were stoned to death. In collaboration with lawyers the Campaign was able to stop the same sentence for at least six women and one man.
The first case of death by stoning after the establishment of the Islamic
Republic in