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Iran: We Might Still Stone Adulteress

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 11:26:01 CST

The dizzying saga of Sakineh Mahammadi Ashtiani took another turn today, with Iran saying that it was going forward with plans to execute the convicted adulteress by stoning—unless, of course, it decides to just hang her instead, reports the AP . "There is no haste," said Malek Ajdar Sharifi, a...

Iran Frees Woman Sentenced to Stoning: Rights Group

John Johnson — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 18:38:15 CST

A little mercy in Iran? A German human rights group says Tehran has freed the woman whose death sentence for adultery—by stoning, no less—sparked world outrage. "We have got news from Iran that they are free," a spokeswoman for the Anti-Stoning Committee tells AFP , referring to Sakineh Mohammadi...

Condemned Iranian Woman: 'I'm a Sinner'

Kevin Spak — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:42:44 CST

Iranian state-run television has broadcast what it says is a statement from Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the woman whose on-again, off-again death sentence has sparked an international outcry. (For details click here .) “I’m a sinner,” Ashtiani said—or at least, allegedly said. The woman’s face was blurred out, and the...

Iran on Execution of Va. Woman: US Is a Hypocrite

Polly Davis Doig — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:20:04 CDT

For those in New York protesting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's policies today (like the decision to stone a woman accused of adultery to death), Iran has fired back with the old "You're a hypocrite." Seems Tehran thinks Virginia opting to execute Teresa Lewis, a woman with a low IQ who conspired to...

Iran: We Won't Stone Ashtiani

Polly Davis Doig — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:59:24 CDT

Ever-benevolent Iran has decided that it doesn't absolutely have to stone Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani to death— again? —but it still might hang her. The Iranian foreign minister announced the suspension of the stoning sentence today, Reuters reports, saying the verdict is "being reviewed" and that a final verdict will be...

Times to Iran Woman: Sorry About Lashing

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:42:53 CDT

As if getting sentenced to death by stoning isn't bad enough: The Times of London is apologizing today to the Iranian woman who got an additional 99 lashes after the newspaper wrongly identified her as a bareheaded woman in a photo. The newspaper previously issued a correction, but today denounced...

Vatican: We're Watching Iran's 'Brutal' Stoning Case

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:48:36 CDT

Iran may think Carla Bruni's a prostitute, but the BBC reports that it also thinks it's going to give Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani—the woman Tehran already wants to put to death by stoning—99 lashes over a photo that may or may not depict her bareheaded. Sound like she needs...

Iran: Carla Bruni Is a Prostitute

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:32:49 CDT

An Iranian newspaper controlled by the government has called French First Lady Carla Bruni and actress Isabelle Adjani "prostitutes" in an editorial slamming them for signing a petition calling for the release of a woman who has been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery. Iranian state TV also attacked...

Iran Mom in Stoning Case Confesses to Murder

Rob Quinn — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:57:01 CDT

Iran appears to be getting ready to close the book on a case that has sparked an international outcry. Sakineh Mohammedi Ashtiani, who was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, appeared on state-run TV last night and confessed not only to adultery, but to aiding in the murder of...