13 year old schoolgirl sentenced to death by stoning, for incest
Sat. 16 Oct 2004

Iran Focus
Tehran, Oct. 16 2004 - A 13-year-old schoolgirl has been sentenced to stoning in the town of Marivan (northwestern Iran). Zhila Izadi was condemned to death by stoning after giving birth to a child in prison 2 weeks ago.

She was accused of committing ‘moral sin’ and giving birth to an ‘unholy child’. Her brother, a 15-year-old boy who was also accused and is currently in prison in Tehran, was given a sentence of 150 lashes, in accordance with Islamic laws.

As a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Iran is bound not to execute child offenders. Both treaties provide that capital punishment shall not be imposed for offences committed by persons under 18 year of age at the time of committing the offence.

My Comment: This is yet more evidence why loving incest should be legalised. There should be no law against incest. There should only be a law banning abuse in all relationships, whether they're incestuous or not.