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Death by stoning decreed for Iranian woman
Wednesday 30th June, 2010
An Iranian woman has been sentenced to death by stoning, after a conviction for adultery.
Sakineh Mohamamadi e Ashtiani, 43, a mother of two from Tabriz, was accused of having adulterous relations with two men who allegedly killed her husband.
Ashtiani was arrested over the adulterous relationships in 2005 and was convicted by a local court.
She was sentenced to 99 lashes and an unknown amount of time in prison, where she has been ever since.
After her original conviction, Ashtiani and her boyfriends were accused of murdering her husband.
Ashtiani was convicted on separate charges and sentenced to death by stoning.
If carried out the sentence will be the first known stoning to take place in the Islamic Republic in many years.
Ashtiani’s two children, Fasride and Sajjad, 16 and 20, have been leading the campaign to stop her execution, which is imminent.
According to the Laws of Islamic Punishment in Iran, ratified in 1991, adultery is punishable by stoning.
Wednesday 30th June, 2010

An Iranian woman has been sentenced to death by stoning, after a conviction for adultery.
Sakineh Mohamamadi e Ashtiani, 43, a mother of two from Tabriz, was accused of having adulterous relations with two men who allegedly killed her husband.
Ashtiani was arrested over the adulterous relationships in 2005 and was convicted by a local court.
She was sentenced to 99 lashes and an unknown amount of time in prison, where she has been ever since.
After her original conviction, Ashtiani and her boyfriends were accused of murdering her husband.
Ashtiani was convicted on separate charges and sentenced to death by stoning.
If carried out the sentence will be the first known stoning to take place in the Islamic Republic in many years.
Ashtiani’s two children, Fasride and Sajjad, 16 and 20, have been leading the campaign to stop her execution, which is imminent.
According to the Laws of Islamic Punishment in Iran, ratified in 1991, adultery is punishable by stoning.