Iran to execute Porn Stars
Sat Jun 16, 2007 3:44 am
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's parliament on Wednesday voted in favor of a bill that could lead to the death penalty for persons convicted of working in the production of pornographic movies.
With a 148-5 vote in favor and four abstentions, lawmakers present at the Wednesday session of the 290-seat parliament approved that "producers of pornographic works and main elements in their production are considered corrupter of the world and could be sentenced to punishment as corrupter of the world."
The term, "corrupter of the world" is taken from the Quran, the Muslims' holy book, and ranks among the highest on the scale of an individual's criminal offenses. Under Iran's Islamic Penal Code, it carries a death penalty.
The "main elements" referred to in the draft include producers, directors, cameramen and actors involved in making a pornographic video.
The bill also envisages convictions ranging from one year imprisonment to a death sentence for the main distributors of the movies and also producers of Web sites in which the pornographic works appear.
Besides videos, the bill covers all electronic visual material, such as DVDs and CDs. Other material, such as porn magazines and books, are already banned under Iranian law.
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Hmm... Maybe it's a good start, there are way too much porn on Earth right now.
Sat Jun 16, 2007 3:46 am
and ranks among the highest on the scale of an individual's criminal offenses.
Hmmm, I can think of a few worse ones...
Sat Jun 16, 2007 5:18 am
Wonder what the 5 who voted not in favour are...
Sat Jun 16, 2007 5:32 am
Fans of porn I'd guess.
Sat Jun 16, 2007 2:20 pm
Not very cool. 
Sat Jun 16, 2007 3:29 pm
Fucking Iranians...
Sun Jun 17, 2007 2:36 am
Laxation wrote:Fucking Iranians...
Damn those hairy carpet riders! Damn them all to hell!!
Sun Jun 17, 2007 2:12 pm
Parliament just wants a higher share of the market for their own pornography videos. Government trying to take over everything as usual.
Sun Jun 17, 2007 2:29 pm
I didn't even know Iranian porn stars existed.
Sun Jun 17, 2007 3:01 pm
kevC wrote:I didn't even know Iranian porn stars existed.
You haven't met Dro?
Sun Jun 17, 2007 3:34 pm
Riot wrote:kevC wrote:I didn't even know Iranian porn stars existed.
You haven't met Dro?
I'm the Stan Van Gundy of Iranian porno.
err...Ron Jeremy.
Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:43 am
Maybe the 5 voters had business interests in the Iranian porn industry. Now I am interested in seeing what their version of bone burning is like. 