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IRAN. TWO MEN STONED
December 25, 2008: Houshang Khodadadeh and an unidentified man were stoned by the mullahs' judiciary in Behesht Zahra cemetery in the holy city of Mashhad, Iran. A third prisoner, identified as Mahmoud Gh., an Afghani national, managed to get out of the hole. According to mullahs' penal codes he will not be stoned to death for the second time. The three men were convicted of adultery. (Sources: IHR, 03/01/2009; Amnesty International)
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