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'''Soraya Manutchehri''' ({{circa}}1951{{mdash}}August 15, 1986) was a 35-year-old woman who was [[stoning|stoned]] to death in the small village of [[Kuhpayeh]], Iran, after being allegedly convicted of [[adultery]]. Unnamed witnesses have claimed that her husband, Ghorban-Ali, a prison guard with a petty criminal past, was eager to get rid of her in order to marry a 14-year-old girl. Not wanting to support two families nor return Soraya's dowry, he therefore spread false rumors of her adultery. |
'''Soraya Manutchehri''' ({{circa}}1951{{mdash}}August 15, 1986) was a 35-year-old woman who was [[stoning|stoned]] to death in the small village of [[Kuhpayeh]], Iran, after being allegedly convicted of [[adultery]]. Unnamed witnesses have claimed that her husband, Ghorban-Ali, a prison guard with a petty criminal past, was eager to get rid of her in order to marry a 14-year-old girl. Not wanting to support two families nor return Soraya's dowry, he therefore spread false rumors of her adultery.{{Citation needed}} |
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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). |
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). |
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Soraya Manutchehri (c.1951—August 15, 1986) was a 35-year-old woman who was stoned to death in the small village of Kuhpayeh, Iran, after being allegedly convicted of adultery. Unnamed witnesses have claimed that her husband, Ghorban-Ali, a prison guard with a petty criminal past, was eager to get rid of her in order to marry a 14-year-old girl. Not wanting to support two families nor return Soraya's dowry, he therefore spread false rumors of her adultery.[citation needed]
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).