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“Necessary Facilities” Lacking For Stoning
After keeping quiet about the fate of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian authorities suddenly issued a statement saying that the stoning sentence passed on her could be substituted with a hanging sentence because the prison lacks the “necessary facilities” to execute a stoning sentence.
About The Case
In 2006, 44-year old Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani was [...]
Decision Pending Over Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s Fate
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has issued a statement which says that a decision is still pending over the fate of Iranian woman Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. She was earlier sentenced to death by stoning for alleged adultery, but the charge was changed to murder as she was accused of playing a role [...]
Death By Hanging Commuted
The pleas of the international community and her children have been heard. Iranian woman Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s sentence to death by hanging for murder, has been commuted.
Zohre Elahian Writes To Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff
Early this week, Iranian state media reported that Zohre Elahian, Iranian lawmaker, had written to Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, confirming [...]
“I Want To Sue Them”
The saga of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman with a death sentence looming for adultery and then for murder, continues. Now, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani says she wants to press charges against the 2 German journalists (who are currently detained for failing to obtain journalist work permits by Tehran) for “disgracing” her. [...]
Close Relatives Visit Detained German Duo
Not much has been known about the fate of the 2 German journalists from newspaper Bild am Sonntag, who were arrested in Tehran during a secret interview in October with the son and lawyer of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman on death by stoning charges for alleged adultery. Now, Iranian [...]
Prominent Celebrities, Artists And Nobel Laureates Outraged
The international community’s scrutiny on the case of Iranian woman Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani is intensifying. In an open letter published on the front page of The Times of London newspaper recently, celebrities including Robert Redford, Robert De Niro, Sting, Colin Firth, artist Damien Hirst, Nobel literature laureates Wole Soyinka and [...]
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Free?
Speculation has it that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani and her son Sajjad Qaderzadeh had been freed after photographs of them chatting at her home were published in Iranian-state newspapers. The Italian foreign minister, Franco Frattini, and the wife of the Canadian Prime Minister, Maureen Harper, welcomed their release despite the unconfirmed reports. An activist [...]
Help Given To Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani
Iranian woman Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani who was sentenced to death by stoning for alleged adultery may be spared. So says Mohammed Javad Larijani, secretary general of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights on Iran state television. Mohammed Javad Larijani said: “Iran’s Council of Human Rights has helped a lot to [...]
The Exiled Lawyer’s Written Tirade
Exiled Iranian lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei – who is currently in Norway – sends an open letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, revealing the atrocities and alleged crimes that remained under wraps in the Islamic Republic and his personal opposition to stoning as a mode of execution. Mohammad Mostafaei was the lawyer [...]
Stoning Is A Controlled Procedure
Mohammad Javad Larijani, the chief of Iran’s Human Rights Council is under fire from the international community for defending Iran’s use of stoning on adulterers under the Islamic Republic’s interpretation of Sharia law. Mohammad Javad Larijani claimed that stoning allows people a chance to survive as it is – as he described – [...]
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