Soraya Manutchehri
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Soraya Manutchehri was a 35-year-old woman who was stoned
to death in the small village of Kuhpayeh, Iran on 15 August 1986 after being allegedly convicted of adultery
.
Her death was the subject of a 1990 novel, La Femme Lapidée, by Freidoune Sahebjam
. The novel was later adapted as a film, The Stoning of Soraya M.
(2008).
Stoning
Stoning, or lapidation, is a form of capital punishment whereby a group throws stones at a person until the person dies. No individual among the group can be identified as the one who kills the subject, yet everyone involved plainly bears some degree of moral culpability. This is in contrast to the...
to death in the small village of Kuhpayeh, Iran on 15 August 1986 after being allegedly convicted of adultery
Adultery
Adultery is sexual infidelity to one's spouse, and is a form of extramarital sex. It originally referred only to sex between a woman who was married and a person other than her spouse. Even in cases of separation from one's spouse, an extramarital affair is still considered adultery.Adultery is...
.
Her death was the subject of a 1990 novel, La Femme Lapidée, by Freidoune Sahebjam
Freidoune Sahebjam
Freidoune Sahebjam was a French-Iranian journalist, war correspondent, and novelist who resided in Neuilly-sur-Seine in France....
. The novel was later adapted as a film, The Stoning of Soraya M.
The Stoning of Soraya M.
The Stoning of Soraya M. is a 2008 American drama film adapted from French-Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam's 1990 book La Femme Lapidée, based on a true story...
(2008).