On October 16, a court ordered a 33-year old woman,...

On October 16, a court ordered a 33-year old woman, identified only as Masoumeh, to be stoned for adultery in accordance with the country's Islamic laws and gave her a 15-year jail term for complicity in her husband's murder. Her 21-year old lover was condemned to death and to receive 100 lashes before execution for extra-marital sexual relations.