03 November 2010
Iranian women prisoner Sakine Mohammed Ashtiani's death sentence will be executed today by hanging, the Interational Committee Against Stoning reported.
Iranian women prisoner Sakine Mohammed Ashtiani's death sentence will be executed today by hanging, the Interational Committee Against Stoning reported.
Ashtiani was sentenced to death by stoning on 2006. The case gained international attention as Amnesty International and various human rights organizations launched campaigns against stoning.
The authorities in Tehran have given the go ahead to Tabriz prison for the execution of Iran stoning case Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. It has been reported that she is to be executed this Wednesday 3 November.
Amnesty International USA is still trying to appeal that decision, and have furnished some background information on Ashtiani.
Ashtiani was arrested in 2005 on alleged murder charges. She is a 43-year old mother of 2 and a member of Iran's Azerbaijani (Azeri) minority. She was accused of having illicit affairs with 2 men and received 99 lashes. She was convicted in 2006 of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning.
Mina Ahadi, who head the anti-stoning group told the New York Times said that her contacts in Iran had obtained a letter from a Tehran court ordering the execution of Ms. Ashtiani and though she had not seen the letter, she was informed of its contents. Ms. Ahadi is living in exile in Germany, having fled Iran post-revolution 1979 after Islamists won control and executed her husband. Ahadi said that Wednesday is a common day for executions in Iran.
On October 10th, both Ashtiani's lawyer and her son were arrested. Thus far, the Canadian, United States and French governments have condemned the decision.
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