8-Year-Old Iranian Child Caught Stealing Bread
Part 3: Analysis
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Comments: The preceding images are apparently authentic -- they were published as such in 2005 on the Iranian news Web site Peyke Iran, at any rate -- but the accompanying caption doesn't jibe with the original report and was clearly fabricated after the fact.
According to a Peyke Iran spokesperson who corrected the record last November in a note posted on Little Green Footballs, the young boy whose arm was run over was not being punished for a crime. He was part of a "Maareke giry" or street magic act and allegedly performed the stunt for money (note the gentleman speaking into a microphone in image #1). The seventh and eighth pictures in the series, which appear to show the child shaken but otherwise unharmed after the ordeal, were omitted from the email flier but can still be viewed on Peykeiran.com (where all the images are attributed to photographer Siamak Yari).
Poll: Did you find it plausible, at first glance, that these photos depict an example of 'Islamic justice'? 1) Yes 2) No 3) I wasn't sure
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Shari'a Punishment Photos Misattributed
LittleGreenFootballs.com, 2 November 2005
Last updated: 08/09/06
