Sex, Lies, and Muslim Sharia Law: Iran to Execute Porn Stars

The website IOL reports that in 2001 an Iranian woman convicted of acting in pronographic films was stoned to death in the prison where she had been held for eight years. The unnamed 35-year-old was buried in a pit and pelted with stones until she died in a Tehran square. The IOL website reports, quoting an Entekhab paper, that she had been tracked down after an intensive police search. Per IOL, investigators only succeeded in finding her after they noticed the serial number of an electricity meter that was in the background of a scene in one of her films. She denied being the woman on screen but police found several witnesses who testified she was indeed the X-rated actress. The woman was sentenced to death after being convicted of adultery and "corruption on earth", a verdict which was upheld by the supreme court.

Per a report at Iran Focus, an Iranian man was executed in 2005 for running a porn ring. He was publicly hanged in the town of Qazvin, west of the Iranian capital Tehran. The unnamed man was accused of running a brothel and producing pornographic videos along with his wife. The couple had both been sentenced to 10 years in prison, five years in exile, 80 lashes and execution for running the prostitution ring and being found in possession of alcohol, drugs, and illicit CDs. The man's sentence was carried out in front of the judge that sentenced him in one of the town's squares on a Monday morning, while his wife had been executed several months beforehand.

Despite what's being reported in the headlines, it appears that nothing's really new under the sun regarding Iran, pornography and the sex industry. Under Iran's Islamic law, adultery and corruption on earth are still punishable by death.

Sources:

IRAN: PORN MOVIE PRODUCERS TO GET DEATH PENALTY UNDER NEW LAW, adnkrnonsinternational, June 13, 2007, http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Politics&loid=8.0.425319967&par=0 (Iran, Pornography, Islam, Sharia, Muslim, Adultery, Corruption, Sex, Video, Zohre Mir Ebrahimi, execution, hanging, stoning) Iran moves to execute porn stars, CNN, June 13, 2007, http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/13/iran.porn.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest (Iran, Pornography, Islam, Sharia, Muslim, Adultery, Corruption, Sex, Video, Zohre Mir Ebrahimi, execution, hanging, stoning)

Zahra Amir Ebrahimi Sex Tape: Iran Wants to Execute Porn Stars, The Post Chronicle, June 13, 2007, http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_21286259.shtml (Iran, Pornography, Islam, Sharia, Muslim, Adultery, Corruption, Sex, Video, Zohre Mir Ebrahimi, execution, hanging, stoning)

Porn actress stoned to death in Iran prison, IOL, May 21, 2001, http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?sf=3&click_id=3&art_id=qw990444181879B265&set_id=1 (Iran, Pornography, Islam, Sharia, Muslim, Adultery, Corruption, Sex, Video, Zohre Mir Ebrahimi, execution, hanging, stoning)