Where does Mohammad Khatami (the so called “moderate president”) and his “Cabinet” stand on stoning?
Ever since May 1997, when Mohammad Khatami took office, he has been telling the world that he is going to make sure that law and order prevail in Iran…. He has certainly done that on the issue of stoning people to death: On October 26, 1997, Associated Press, reported: “Iran Stones Six to Death, TEHRAN – Three men and three women have been stoned to death in public in northern Iran after a court found them guilty of adultery and prostitution, a newspaper reported Sunday. The report said the stoning was carried out by local citizens in public in town near the Caspian Sea. Under Iran’s Islamic laws, prostitution and adultery are illegal and punishable by death” Not only “president” Khatami did not oppose the above stoning, but the members of his “Cabinet” continue to support this savage act: Pro-Government Daily Ressalat, April 9 , 1998 In response to a question raised by the correspondent of Farda daily on why the Minister had failed to defend the Islamic punishment of stoning in his
