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| Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, sentenced to death for adultery in Tehran, is seen in this undated handout image made available to Amnesty International in London on July 8, 2010 and released to Reuters on August 24, 2010. Ashtiani will not be executed on November 3, 2010, France's foreign minister said, citing a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart. (REUTERS/Handout/Files) |
Thu Nov 4, 2010
LONDON (Reuters) - Iran denied Thursday that it was poised to execute a woman accused of adultery whose case has been championed in the West, saying reports her execution was imminent were part of a propaganda campaign.
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has been accused both of adultery and of being complicit in her husband's murder. Her sentence to be stoned to death was suspended earlier this year after prominent political and religious figures called it barbaric.
German-based human rights group the International Committee against Stoning said Tuesday she would be hanged Wednesday instead of being stoned. Under Islamic law, which has been in force in Iran since its revolution in 1979, murder can be punished by hanging, while adultery can be punished by stoning.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Wednesday he had been told by his Iranian counterpart that Ashtiani would not be executed that day.
A statement from Iran's Embassy in London Thursday said legal hurdles still remain in Ashtiani's court case.
"The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in London hereby announces that the recent reports and news concerning the imminent execution of Mrs Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani are all baseless and are strongly rejected," it said.
"The judicial proceedings and process dealing with the case have not been completed yet. All the recent reports in this regard, merely baseless claims, are meant to stage a propaganda campaign and create a poisonous atmosphere against the Islamic Republic of Iran," it said.
The United States this week condemned the reported plans to execute Ashtiani, Britain warned Iran against going ahead with the punishment and France asked Iran to pardon Ashtiani.
The case has worsened relations between Iran and the West, which are locked in a dispute over Tehran's nuclear program.
(Reporting by Adrian Croft; Editing by Peter Graff)
13 comments:
I want to be like Mrs. Hillary Clinton.....My name is Moha Suriya, I am Khmer woman grew up during the Pol Pot's era and had seen many unjust in Cambodia.
I urge all Khmer woman who are well educated in USA stand up and have dream like me.
Khamarak007@gmail.com - joint me - walk with me, talk with me, stand with me, holding hand with me, and my goal is to empower Khmer woman around the globe. If you are miss Braved heart Cambodian lady and want to help the poor and helpless in our country and want to make the different in life - email me your greatest strength and your dream ambition - we will get together to fight for peace and freedom for the innocent Khmers.
Sincerely...........Moha Suriya.....usa
Want to live or support iran anyone? This is the reason why most of us cann't stand Hor Namg Hong being sweet and almost sucking to Iran. ugly country
1:34 pm,
You sound like a braveheart women - where are you living now? In Cambodia or out side? Question -what is your priority of helping Khmer women? Second, what do you want to see Khmer women to be in five years from now?
Indra
1:34AM! you have too big of a name ! no one is going to joint you! Change it to Tiny spark!
and don'nt look to hight you would broke your own neck!
1:34AM! do you know who is your father?
please don't bring iranian culture to cambodia, it is so ugly. their women wear black bakus, so ugly, you know! cambodian traditional customes like khmer silk, etc are so exoctic, so beautiful and so colorful. we think khmer culture and traditon, especially in custome, and other type of beautiful clothes, etc... keep our khmer identity alive forever!
Any Cambodian woman want to apply job in IRAN?
Hanoi killed Muslim and took Champa.
Hanoi killed Khmer Krom and has controlled.
That is Viet’s nature.
Down Vietnamese expansionism!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!
We are Muslim wake up then united to take CHAMPA back!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!
We are Muslim wake up then united to take CHAMPA back!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!!
We are Muslim wake up then united to take CHAMPA back!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!!
We are Muslim wake up then united to take CHAMPA back!
Soriya -are you jocking or are you really mean it?...If you do - show your action!
Give us your platform as of to what your plan and vision for Khmer women for 2013 national election?
If you are not serious - don't trouble other people's time, and especially your time...
Indra
Stoning this woman to death is taking out of context. If it is true that she was caught in adultery, both the man and the woman is to be stone to death. Another lie of Islam. Where is the man? He too should be stone.
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