Pebble-Pelted Persians
Don’t read too much into this:
Commercial satellite imagery shows Iran is building a new tunnel complex inside a mountain near a major nuclear site — a possible attempt to protect sensitive uranium enrichment activity from aerial attack, nuclear analysts said Monday.
The drilling is probably meant to keep enough stones around for this:
The Iranian authorities executed on Thursday Jaafar Kiani, boyfriend of Mokarameh Ebrahaimi, for adultery.
In late June 2007, the Judicial Authority postponed the implementation of the sentence following heavy pubic pressure.
And we all know how Iran responds to public pressure.
Kamangir has much more on the stoning story, if you can stand it.