UPDATE: Iran: 'Stop Stoning Forever' Campaign

Submitted by wluml on Wed, 12/06/2006 - 00:00

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The Minister of Justice and spokesman for the Judiciary, Mr. Jamal Karimi-Rad, is the first Iranian judicial authority who has made official remarks in reaction to the Stop Stoning Forever campaign. In a press conference held on November 21, 2006, he denied that stoning is practiced as a punishment in Iran.