"To execute anyone by stoning is barbaric and disgraceful. To execute a woman for adultery in this cruel way simply beggars belief. Iran should abolish the sentence of stoning once and for all."
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Kate Allen, as quoted in Iran 'adulterer' stoned to death, ', 10 July 2007.
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