Film Spotlights True Story of Iranian Woman's Stoning

By Julie Taboh
Washington, D.C.
02 July 2009

Many of us think of stoning as a form of punishment practiced in ancient societies. But the stoning of women - and sometimes men - is still happening today in many countries in the Middle East and Africa.

Mozhan Marno plays Soraya

That is the focus of a new film, The Stoning of Soraya M. It is a drama based on the true story of a young Iranian woman who, after being falsely accused of adultery by her estranged husband, was stoned to death by her fellow villagers.
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