Information on the stoning of men and women for committing adultery between 1989 and 1993 as reported in the newspapers Kayhan and Ettela'at [IRN15948.E]

The above-mentioned newspapers are currently unavailable to the DIRB. For further information please consult responses to Information Requests IRN14940, IRN14941, IRN2598 and IRN710.

This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

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