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Iran: Flogging an effective deterrent, says senior official

So much for "human rights" that followers of Mo complain about being violated ...

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Iran: Flogging an effective deterrent, says senior official

Tehran, 26 June (AKI) - Iran's highest judicial authority, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi,

says public flogging is an effective criminal deterrent, while imprisonment is a useless punishment.

In an interview broadcast on state TV on Wednesday night, the head of the country's Judicial Authority

complained that "many Iranian judges, influenced by western propaganda and fearing they will be accused

of failing to respect human rights, are not sentencing offenders to effective penalties like public flogging".

"Public flogging is one of most just sentences that can be inflicted on someone who has committed a crime,"

said Shahroudi.

"The publication of photos and news of public floggings is the best deterrent, while three or four months

in prison has no effect," he said.

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Full article at "AKI"