Iran is executing citizens for adultery, rape, insulting religious sanctities and laws, and homosexuality.
The Islamic Republic s government confirmed Tuesday that it executed an adulterer last week by stoning, and that 20 more men would be executed in the next few days on morality violations, the New York Times reported.
The stoning was carried out last week near the city of Takestan, despite an order by the chief of the judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmoud Shahroudi, not to permit such executions. Most executions in Iran are public hangings, often at the scenes of the alleged crimes, according to the report.
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