From the Jerusalem Post (by way of Mark Steyn): In a shocking and unprecedented interview,
directly exposing the inhumanity of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's
religious regime in Iran, a serving member of the paramilitary Basiji
militia has told this reporter of his role in suppressing opposition
street protests in recent weeks. He
has also detailed aspects of his earlier service in the force,
including his enforced participation in the rape of young Iranian girls
prior to their execution. . .
In the Islamic Republic it is illegal to execute a young woman, regardless of her crime, if she is a virgin, he explained. Therefore a "wedding" ceremony is conducted the night before the execution: The young girl is forced to have sexual intercourse with a prison guard - essentially raped by her "husband."
"I regret that, even though the marriages were legal," he said.
Why the regret, if the marriages were "legal?"
"Because," he went on, "I could tell that the girls were more afraid of their 'wedding' night than of the execution that awaited them in the morning. And they would always fight back, so we would have to put sleeping pills in their food. By morning the girls would have an empty expression; it seemed like they were ready or wanted to die.
"I remember hearing them cry and scream after [the rape] was over," he said. "I will never forget how this one girl clawed at her own face and neck with her finger nails afterwards. She had deep scratches all over her." [more . .]
"It is illegal to execute a young woman ...if she is a virgin": Must be convenient to have a legal code that obliges all your pathologies.