Penal Code of Iran, 1986

Section 117

At the time of stoning to death a man shall be buried in a pit up to the waist and a woman up to the chest, and then they shall be stoned to death.

Section 118

Whenever a person sentenced to stoning to death escapes from the pit where he is (partly) buried, in case his [crime] has been established by evidence, he shall be returned for the execution of the [punishment], but if it is proved by his own confession, and his escape has taken place after hitting a stone even for once, he shall not be returned (to the pit). If, however, a person who is sentenced to lashes escapes (from the place of flogging), he shall in any way be returned for the execution of the [punishment] of lashes.

Section 119

The stones for stoning to death should not be so big that one or two of them may kill the convict, nor should they be so small that they may not be called stones.

On drink:

Section 128

The [punishment] for taking liquor is established by the evidence of two men of reputed integrity.

Section 129

Whenever one of the men of reputed integrity testifies to the fact that the man has drunk liquor and another testifies to the fact that he has vomited liquor, the [punishment] shall be established.

Section 131

The [punishment] for drinking liquor for a man or a woman is eighty lashes.

Explanation: A non-Muslim shall be sentenced to eighty lashes only when he is convicted of drinking liquor in public.

Section 133

The [punishment] shall be executed at a time when the convict has recovered from his state of inebriety.

Section 135

Whenever a person drinks liquor several times, and every time [punishment] is executed on him, if he is convicted for the third time, he shall be punished by death.

Section 152

The [punishment] for tafkheedh (or masturbation through rubbing the male organ between the thighs of another) and similar acts between two men done without penetration shall be one hundred lashes to each.

Explanation: If the person committing the offense happens to be a non-Muslim and the person with whom the act has been done is a Muslim, the [punishment] for the former shall be death.

Section 157

Tribadism, or musahaqah, is the homosexual act between women by (rubbing) their sexual organs.

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