An Iranian Woman Asylum Seeker, Deported by Norwegian Government to Iran Was Flogged

 Thursday, 21 September 2017 21:36

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NCRI Staff

NCRI - The inhumane sentence of 80 lashes for an asylum seeker who was deported back to Iran by the government of Norway in March was implemented in Tehran.

According to reports, the afternoon of September 19, sentence of 80 lashes for Leila Bayat was carried out at Branch 3 of Guidance Prosecutor’s Office in Tehran. Earlier, she was sentenced along with three of her friends to 80 lashes on the charges of drinking alcoholic beverages.