He said, “If the law proves that the crime has been committed then judges would hand down stoning sentences. The law makers will not allow a substitute sentence for the crime. Stoning to death is a form of punishment which is different from [mere] execution.”
On June 27, 2006, the regime has sentenced a woman, Ashraf Kalhori, to death by stoning. The regime often announces such cruel punishments as hangings to cover the stoning sentences in Iran.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
February 2, 2007