Woman to Be Stoned to Death for Murder

May 17, 2001 - 0:0
TEHRAN A 38-year-old women is to be stoned to death under Iran's Islamic law for murdering her husband, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.

An accomplice, a 24-year-old man, will be hanged for the killing of the woman's 42-year-old husband, who was stabbed to death and buried alongside a cow's skull in a fruit garden outside Karaj, a town close to the Tehran, **** Hambastegi **** daily said.

It did not say when the sentences would be carried out, but public executions normally take place where the crime occurred.