Iran, having enjoyed wild success on delaying action against their nuclear weapons program, seem to be employing the same technique on getting people off their back on the issue of stoning women to death who had a confession beaten out of them by whipping.
From CTV News:
“This is my command: Love each other.”
– from Christ’s last words to his disciples whom he called friends
“The adulterer must be stoned.”
– from Mohammad’s farewell address to his people on the occasion of his final pilgrimage to Mecca