Hanged for "acts". (Iran).
Among a recent wave of executions in Iran for wide-ranging offenses, three men were hanged in public May 13 in the northeastern Shiite holy city of Mashhad for committing "homosexual acts," according to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.
2. In keeping with: according to instructions.
3. Agence France-Presse. The unidentified men also were convicted of abduction Abduction
Balfour, David
expecting inheritance, kidnapped by uncle. [Br. Lit.: Kidnapped]
Bertram, Henry
kidnapped at age five; taken from Scotland. [Br. Lit. , rape, and sodomy sodomy
Noncoital carnal copulation. Sodomy is a crime in some jurisdictions. Some sodomy laws, particularly in Middle Eastern countries and those jurisdictions observing Shari'ah law, provide penalties as severe as life imprisonment for homosexual intercourse, even if the .
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