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To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (9709)	8/26/2007 9:16:11 PM
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Rough justice: 80 lashes for 'immoral' Iranian who abused alcohol and had sex by DAVID WILLIAMS - More by this author » Last updated at 18:53pm on 22nd August 2007 Comments (22) His face covered by a balaclava, an official brandishing a cane repeatedly lashes the back of a man found guilty of breaking Iran's morality laws. Two police officers hold the legs of 25-year-old Saeed Ghanbari and another his arms to ensure there is no escape from the punishment of 80 lashes handed down by a religious court. Traffic was brought to a halt in Qazvin, 90 miles west of the capital Tehran, as more than 1,000 men gathered behind barricades to watch the public flogging. ... Amnesty International, which said it is "greatly concerned by continuing human rights abuses in Iran", has highlighted figures revealing 117 people were executed in 2006 with thousands facing floggings. They included a woman, who had been forced into prostitution as an eight-year-old, receiving 99 lashes because of "acts contrary to chasity." Earlier this year, a man was flogged after a copy of the Bible was found in his car. ... dailymail.co.uk