Iran moves to execute porn stars

[Rockefeller]

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's parliament on Wednesday voted in favor of a bill that could lead to the death penalty for persons convicted of working in the production of pornographic movies.

With a 148-5 vote in favor and four abstentions, lawmakers present at the Wednesday session of the 290-seat parliament approved that "producers of pornographic works and main elements in their production are considered corrupter of the world and could be sentenced to punishment as corrupter of the world."

The term, "corrupter of the world" is taken from the Quran, the Muslims' holy book, and ranks among the highest on the scale of an individual's criminal offenses. Under Iran's Islamic Penal Code, it carries a death penalty.

The "main elements" referred to in the draft include producers, directors, cameramen and actors involved in making a pornographic video.

The bill also envisages convictions ranging from one year imprisonment to a death sentence for the main distributors of the movies and also producers of Web sites in which the pornographic works appear.

Besides videos, the bill covers all electronic visual material, such as DVDs and CDs. Other material, such as porn magazines and books, are already banned under Iranian law.

To become law, the bill requires an approval by the Guardian Council, a constitutional watchdog in Iran.

It is widely believed that the drafting of the bill came about as a reaction to a scandal last year, when a private videotape, apparently belonging to Iranian actress Zahra Amir Ebrahimi and allegedly showing her having intercourse with a man, became available across Iran.

The videotape was leaked to the Internet and released on a black market DVD, becoming a full-blown Iranian sex tape scandal. Ebrahimi later came under an official investigation, which is still ongoing. She faces fines, whip lashing or worse for her violation of Iran's morality laws.

The unnamed man on the tape, who is suspected of releasing it, reportedly fled to Armenia but was subsequently returned to Iran and charged with breach of public morality laws. He remains in jail.

In an exclusive interview with the British newspaper The Guardian early this year, Ebrahimi denied she was the woman in the film and dismissed it as a fake, made by a vengeful former fiance bent on destroying her career.

In recent years, private videotapes have increasingly been leaked to the public in Iran, riling the government and many in this conservative Islamic country, where open talk of sex is banned and considered taboo.

However, pornographic material is easily accessible through foreign satellite television channels in Iran. Bootleg videotapes and CDs are also available on the black market on many street corners.

[Focus]

Good move...now if the US would only do the same..a very disgusting industry..it ruined my ex g/f's life (and in turn mine for awhile) and turned her into a shady dope fiend...poor thing.
Now she calls me 3 times a day and I don't pick up because I know she is a nutjob (literally) and has disgraced herself. Evil money is the root problem.

[Gerry]

Wow, just when I was going to tell focus not to do any international travel...

all kidding aside, I am aware of the situation. It is a scourge.

The sex trade market and forced prostitution should carry severe penalties on a global scale. But I think there are so many corrupt officials internationally looking the other way thanks to the billions$$$ in bribes that it is out of control. Not to mention the underworld's involvement.

Well, whatcha gonna do...

[JuniperPark]

Good move...now if the US would only do the same..a very disgusting industry..it ruined my ex g/f's life (and in turn mine for awhile) and turned her into a shady dope fiend...poor thing.
Now she calls me 3 times a day and I don't pick up because I know she is a nutjob (literally) and has disgraced herself. Evil money is the root problem.

NONSENSE.

Having sex on camera didn't turn ANYONE into a drug user or a nutjob. She was likely that way BEFORE going on camera, and trying to shift blame for her actions and decisions elsewhere.

Google "personal responsibility for one's actions".

[Banned: AlienGG]

In fact, most Westerners have extremely complicated sex relationships before marriage, and plenty don't get any better even after that.

[Rockefeller]

Evil money is the root problem.

No, its the fact that sex is searched over 8,000,000 times per month and porn is searched at least half that number. That's the root of the "problem." I don't think anyone forces another person to be a pornstar...have some dignity and work at McDonalds.

[BobDiGiTaL]

With a 148-5 vote

Has anyone heard from the 5 that voted against the bill?

[Focus]

If you have'nt lived with it you have no idea what you are talking about..trust me.

Has anyone heard from the 5 that voted against the bill?

5 votes against it? hahahaha those were just thrown in for fun to make it seem fair like any one had a choice in the matter!

[whitebark]

Iran has more pressing problems than worrying about producers of porn. For as much as people like to paint them as different from us in the West, in fact this action by the government makes them very much like us.

A nice diversionary and controversial measure aimed to deflect criticism of the government elsewhere. Iran's economy isn't exactly humming along, the people are restless, there are skirmishes with Kurdish and Arab separatists, accusations of arming the Taliban and Iraqi resistance, the nuclear issue, and on and on...

[JMJ]

Ok, I give. Let's bomb Iran.. I don't want this to become a world wide trend.. haha

[Rockefeller]

Ok, I give. Let's bomb Iran.. I don't want this to become a world wide trend.. haha

9 out of 10 men will admit to other men that they look at porn online...the other one is a liar.

[Focus]

I love porn.. but it is morally wrong.

[JMJ]

Morality (from Latin moralitas "manner, character, proper behaviour") refers to the concept of human action which pertains to matters of right and wrong—also referred to as "good and evil"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morality

In my moral book anyone who wants to kill another person because they like to have sex on camera is evil. So I guess what I'm trying to say is I guess it all depends on who's moral guide book you wish to follow.

I can picture some sick and twisted moral driven power freak getting his rocks off while he whiplashed this actress to death. Now thats what I call morally wrong.

Of the dope whores I've known in my time. And no I didn't partake but yes I've watched the progression on a number of occasions. Most addicts progress into selling their body for the drug. Generally not the other way around. I've also been acquainted with some very intelligent drug free strippers and/or what would be considered sex workers. Some of which attended one of this country's most prestigious colleges on their way or "working" their way to become doctors and lawyers.

Some of these same people were also the ones who told me that their best nights were Sunday and Wednesday nights with older men and pockets full of cash. You put 2+2 together. I guess everyone has to tithe to someone.. lol

[Focus]

I live in South Florida where the porn industry corrupts and exploits thousands more beautiful and naive young girls every month with taunts of money and fame. They advertise in the newspaper, in job publications and websites & all over the Internet. Many of the girls are impressionable, in need of cash for school, clueless as to the ways of the world, and downright easy to take advantage of. These evil disgusting human beings rope them in with easy cash that starts out with modelling and then maybe some girl/girl pictures and before they know it they are doing lines off some big black guys "you know what" (or whatever color, or with many men at the same time) in videos sold and broadcast all over the Internet and available in sex shops worldwide, then after they catch a few STD's, (or AIDS) or develop a raging coke addiction & after their homelife and relationships have been destroyed...they end up strippers, in jail, rehab, or worse. Hollow human beings that will simply never be the same and are polluted with the idea that they have to exchange "money for sex" to get anywhere in life and men are simply a target for cash & support. Like I said before...if you have'nt lived with it and you are on the "outside" you have no clue. It's a damn shame actually.

[JMJ]

I think you're putting too much blame on the third party. If a person becomes a stripper and or prostitute without being on drugs then they either knew what they were doing and how to control it emotionally, as in self-control. Or they were screwed up in the head to begin with and were determined to self-destruct one way or another, as in no self control.

[Raider]

I read many claims that pornography reduces sexual assault, rapes and child molestation, But the statistics paint a different picture, why does the USA have the most sexual assaults than any other country in the world?
From 1998-2000, there were 89,110 cases!

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_rap-crime-rapes

If you click on per capita, the US drops to #9, South Africa takes first, there again, porn is legal. Same with Canada....

I dont think the countries leading the list are in any position to judge what Iran is doing!, if they want to hang the pornographers, let them do it!.

[petrosc]

a little out of context here, but this thread made me remember our dear Angelx666 Whatever happened to her after her famous sex episode?

[Focus]

She seemed to fade away..

[Banned: VioxxLawyers]

The article is about workers in the adult movie production industry .... not drugs or sexual slavery.

Every industry is confronted with moral issues, including the domain industry!

[Rockefeller]

a little out of context here, but this thread made me remember our dear Angelx666 Whatever happened to her after her famous sex episode?

She was a he and he wasn't her.