. IRAN SUPREME COURT GIVES A THUMBS UP TO MURDER, PROVIDING THE VICTIM IS "MORALLY CORRUPT" Posted 16 April 2007 Iran's Supreme Court yesterday found five serial killers not guilty of murder on the grounds their victims were "morally corrupt." These "executions" took place in the South Eastern Iranian city of Kerman. The killers had stoned some of their victims to death and had burried another alive. A stoning involves placing the human target in a pit with his hands tied and his body wrapped in a white linen cloth and then burying him up to his waist. A white circle is then drawn around him before he is mercilessly pelted with stones. Up to eighteen lives had been brutally terminated but only five of these murder cases were brought to trial. Iran's Supreme Court declared the men had done nothing wrong as they had issued two warnings on each occassion. But these vigilantes had acted as judge, jury and executioner. Possibly they may have had help from elements in Iran's police force in finding and rooting out "immoral elements." Now they have a license to kill endorsed by Iran's Supreme Court. They can target women who are suspected of adultery as well as gays, lesbians, gamblers and anyone they don't like with total impunity. For other links on this story please see BBC News 15 April 2007 Front Page Magazine 16 April 2007 Latest news 22 May 2012: Cairo psychiatrist claims he can "cure" 70 to 75 per cent of gay teenagers.