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Iran to Air Alleged Confession by Condemned Woman

(Dec. 10) -- Iran plans to broadcast what it says is a confession by Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the woman who was condemned to death by stoning for adultery and now is serving 10 years in prison for murder. State-run Press TV is set to air the confession tonight as part of a documentary on her case, according to the...

Jailed Iranian Woman's Son Reported Missing

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(Oct. 11) -- The son of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery is reportedly missing after two foreign nationals, believed to be German journalists, were arrested after trying to interview him. The lawyer for the woman, 43-year-old Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, also has not been heard from. Iran's...

Iran Suspends Stoning Death of Woman Convicted of Adultery

(Sept. 8) -- Facing mounting international condemnation, Iran said today it is putting off the execution by stoning of a woman convicted of adultery. "The verdict regarding the extramarital affairs has stopped, and it's being reviewed," Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told Iran's state-run, English-language...

New Hampshire May Decriminalize Adultery

CONCORD, N.H. (Dec. 13) - The original punishments - including standing on the gallows for an hour with a noose around the neck - have been softened to a $1,200 fine, yet some lawmakers think it's time for the 200-year-old crime of adultery to come off New Hampshire's books. Seven months after the state approved gay...

Background on adultery

Adultery (also called philandery, anglicized from Latin adulterium) is voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than the lawful spouse.

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