http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4295111.stm

A teenage girl and two young men in Iran have been sentenced to lashes for
having sex.
The court dismissed the girl's claim that she was raped. It said she had sex
of her own free will, the official Iran Daily newspaper reported.

The girl was sentenced to 100 lashes because her accusations of rape and
kidnap could have landed her partners a death penalty, the Tehran judge
said.

Sex outside marriage is illegal in Iran and capital punishment can be
imposed.

The young men in the case were sentenced to 30 and 40 lashes each.

Rights violations

The Iran paper quotes the girl, who has not been named, as confessing: "I
trusted one of these young men, whom I got to know by phone, and went to his
place.

"But because he betrayed me, I filed the case against him and his friend out
of revenge."

International concerns continue to be raised about women's rights in Iran.

In December the UN General Assembly voted to censure Iran for human rights
violations, including discrimination against women and girls.

Tehran rejected the criticism as propaganda.

Under Iranian law, girls over the age of nine and boys over 16 face the
death penalty for crimes such as rape and murder, while capital punishment
can be imposed in certain cases of illegal sexual relationships.



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