IRAN Says: Woman to be stoned for murder not adultery

A surprise announcement, a judiciary official in provincial Iran said a woman who had been convicted and sentenced to stoning for adultery had also been convicted of murder. Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two in the Tabriz area, had been convicted of cheating on her late husband, apparently a murder victim, and sentenced…

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IRAN DEATH BY STONING BARBARIC TO STONE AGE Mother, Could Be Stoned To Death At Any Moment

STORY HIGHLIGHTS: UPDATE BELOW Sajjad Ashtiani appealed to Iran’s courts to spare his mother In an open letter, Ashtiani points out discrepancies in the case Sakineh Ashtiani, 42, was convicted of adultery in 2006 Her death by stoning could happen any day (CNN) — The son of an Iranian woman who faces execution by stoning…