Welcome to the Islamic Republic of Iran

by Shabnam Assadollahi
April 15, 2014 at 3:00 am

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4267/welcome-to-iran

According to Iran's penal code, a father is exempt from severe criminal prosecution for killing his child; a woman "will be sentenced to be hanged."

According to reports from Khuzestan region of Iran, a 30-year-old man married to a 20-year-old woman buried his one-year-old twins alive due to a "family conflict."

According to Article 220 of the penal code of Islamic Republic of Iran, a child's father and his father are exempt from criminal prosecution and ghesas ["eye for an eye" punishment] if they kill their children, and they are only liable for the payment of blood money (diyeh) and flogging. But in contrast, if a woman kills her children, she is subject to criminal prosecution and ghesas, in which she will be sentenced be hanged.

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3 Reader Comments

Bart Benschop • Apr 15, 2014 at 21:03

Dear Sir,

A wife and the husband's children are the property of the husband under The Law of Allah, His Name be praised. What a husband does with his property is his business according to Al Shari'iah.

Kind regards,

Bart Benschop

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Beatrix139 • Apr 15, 2014 at 12:54

I'm so glad that people acting at this level of primitive morality are working toward a nuclear bomb.

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Steven Buckley • Apr 15, 2014 at 09:41

A manual of Islamic law certified by Al-Azhar as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy says that "retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a human being purely intentionally and without right." However, "not subject to retaliation" is "a father or mother (or their fathers or mothers) for killing their offspring, or offspring's offspring." ('Umdat al-Salik o1.1-2). In other words, someone who kills his child incurs no legal penalty under Islamic law.

Maybe Shi'ite Sharia works differently. No doubt there will be a few mullahs angry that mothers aren't let off as well. Still, that's Islam for you. What do you expect.?

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