Ramadan: Christian In Iran Sentenced To Having His Lips Burnt

A Christian man in Iran was sentenced to having his lips burnt with a cigarette for eating at daytime during Ramadan.

According to Daily Mail he was punished publicly. The city deputy governor Ali Ashraf Karami also revealed that 5 Muslim men were flogged with 70 lashes for not fasting during the holy month.

Reacting to the sentence, The National Council of Resistance of Iran opposing the government called such a punishment "brutal" adding that the Christian man was also beaten "savagely". Extracts from the body’s statement reads:

"The silence of the world community, especially of western countries, vis-à-vis these medieval punishments under the excuse of having nuclear talks with Iran has intensified the brutal and systematic violation of human rights in Iran."