According to Amnesty International, an unmarried Iranian man could
be sentenced to death by stoning for committing adultery with a
married woman since
the Law of
Hoduod and
Qesas prescribes the death
penalty for a wide variety of offences, ...[including] adultery by
a married man (Article 100 (a), stoning to death); adultery by a
married woman with an adult male (Article 100 (b), stoning to
death);... (Amnesty International 1987, 63).
Information on whether a single man would be stoned to death for
committing adultery in Tehran at the present time is currently
unavailable to the DIRB, but the following information may be
useful. Although it does not specify any city where stoning might
be carried out,
The Guardian does refer to Iran and Saudi
Arabia, where
adultery among married couples is a capital offence. In these two
countries, the adulterous woman is taken out to a public place and
buried up to her chest in the ground, the man up to his waist. The
public are then invited to throw stones at their heads until they
are dead (7 Aug. 1993).
The attached UPI report, while not referring to stoning for
adultery, does describe the stoning to death of three men in
Iran.
Additional information on the above subjects is currently
unavailable to the DIRB.
References
Amnesty International. 1987. Iran:
Violations of Human Rights. (AI Index MDE 13/09/87). London:
Amnesty International Publications.
The Guardian [London]. 7 August
1993. Kathy Evans. "British Papers Annoy Islamic Judges in Adultery
Case." (NEXIS)
Attachments
Amnesty International. 1987. Iran:
Violations of Human Rights. (AI Index MDE 13/09/87). London:
Amnesty International Publications, p. 63.
The Guardian [London]. 7 August
1993. Kathy Evans. "British Papers Annoy Islamic Judges in Adultery
Case." (NEXIS)
The United Press International (UPI). 11
July 1990. BC Cycle. Christine M. Johnson. "Amnesty: Thousands
Killed, Tortured, Illegally Jailed in 1989." (NEXIS)