Stoning in Iran

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I wonder if what Alasdair Palmer says in this article on the Telegraph is true:

a large portion of Iran's leadership, and of its population, is not ashamed or embarrassed: they think stoning is entirely right and proper

You don't usually get to read this kind of things, and I appreciate the departure from political correctness:

This is the reality of multiculturalism: human rights are not universally recognised or accepted. Barbaric practices can be deeply embedded in the convictions of thousands, even millions, of people.

However, I'm not sure this can be applied to Iran. Do you think the people that took part in the mass demonstrations against Iran's president a few months ago have a "deeply embedded" convinction that stoning is a just punishment?