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'''Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani''' ({{lang-fa| سکينه محمدي آشتياني }}, born 1967—) is an [[Iranian Azeris|Iranian Azeri]] woman who is convicted to death by [[stoning]] in [[Iran]] for the crime of [[murder]] and [[adultery]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article512287.ece|work= [[The Hindu]]|date= July 12, 2010|accessdate= July 13, 2010|title= Iran’s judiciary suspends stoning sentence against woman}}</ref> She was first tried on May 15, 2006 by a court in [[Tabriz]], pleading guilty to the crime of "illicit relationship" with two men, though the incident occurred after the death of her husband. She was sentenced to [[Flagellation|whipping]] of 99 lashes, which was carried out.<ref name=hrw>{{cite news |url= http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/07/07/iran-prevent-woman-s-execution-adultery |title= Iran: Prevent Woman’s Execution for Adultery |work= [[Human Rights Watch]] |date= July 7, 2010 |accessdate= July 12, 2010}}</ref>
'''Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani''' ({{lang-fa| سکينه محمدي آشتياني }}, born 1967—) is an [[Iranian Azeris|Iranian Azeri]] woman who is convicted to death by [[stoning]] in [[Iran]] for the crime of [[murder]] and [[adultery]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article512287.ece|work= [[The Hindu]]|date= July 12, 2010|accessdate= July 13, 2010|title= Iran’s judiciary suspends stoning sentence against woman}}</ref> She was first tried on May 15, 2006 by a court in [[Tabriz]], pleading guilty to the crime of "illicit relationship" with two men, though the incident occurred after the death of her husband. She was sentenced to [[Flagellation|whipping]] of 99 lashes, which was carried out.<ref name=hrw>{{cite news |url= http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/07/07/iran-prevent-woman-s-execution-adultery |title= Iran: Prevent Woman’s Execution for Adultery |work= [[Human Rights Watch]] |date= July 7, 2010 |accessdate= July 12, 2010}}</ref>


In September 2006 her case was again brought up when a separate court was prosecuting one of the two men for involvement in the death of Mohammadi Ashtiani's husband. Though she was acquitted of involvement in his death, she was then convicted of adultery while still married and sentenced to death by stoning. She later retracted her confession to this crime, claiming it was made under duress and that she she doesn't speak [[Persian language|Farsi]], but instead only Turkish.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2010/0710/1224274415241.html |work= [[The Irish Times]] |date= July 10, 2010 |accessdate= July 12, 2010 |title= Iran delivers an ambiguous reprieve}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.newsweekinteractive.org/2010/07/09/iranian-woman-will-not-be-stoned-may-still-be-killed.html |title= Iranian Woman Will Not Be Stoned, May Still Be Killed |work= [[Newsweek]] |date= July 9, 2010 |accessdate= July 12, 2010}}</ref> The Iranian supreme court confirmed her death sentence on May 27, 2007, such that only a pardon from [[Ayatollah Ali Khamenei]] could prevent the execution.<ref name=hrw/>
In September 2006 her case was again brought up when a separate court was prosecuting one of the two men for involvement in the death of Mohammadi Ashtiani's husband. She was then convicted of adultery while still married and sentenced to death by stoning. She later retracted her confession to this crime, claiming it was made under duress and that she she doesn't speak [[Persian language|Farsi]], but instead only Turkish.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2010/0710/1224274415241.html |work= [[The Irish Times]] |date= July 10, 2010 |accessdate= July 12, 2010 |title= Iran delivers an ambiguous reprieve}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.newsweekinteractive.org/2010/07/09/iranian-woman-will-not-be-stoned-may-still-be-killed.html |title= Iranian Woman Will Not Be Stoned, May Still Be Killed |work= [[Newsweek]] |date= July 9, 2010 |accessdate= July 12, 2010}}</ref> The Iranian supreme court confirmed her death sentence on May 27, 2007, such that only a pardon from [[Ayatollah Ali Khamenei]] could prevent the execution.<ref name=hrw/>


A campaign by her two children succeeded in halting Mohammadi Ashtiani's imminent execution in July 2010, but not in overturning her death sentence. Protests occurred in [[London]] and [[Washington, D.C.]], among other cities.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/07/11/iran.stoning.halted/ |title= Iran execution of woman temporarily halted, state media reports |date= July 11, 2010 |work= [[CNN]] |accessdate= July 12, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/dc-protests-sakineh-ashtiani/ |title= DC: Protests Outside Iranian Interests Building: Stop the Stoning of Sakineh Ashtiani |date= July 3, 2010 |accessdate= July 12, 2010 |work= Responsible for Equality And Liberty}}</ref> Calls to stop her execution came from groups such as [[Human Rights Watch]] and [[Amnesty International]], and by [[Laureen Harper]] and actors [[Colin Firth]], [[Emma Thompson]], [[Robert Redford]], [[Lindsay Lohan]], and [[Juliette Binoche]].<ref>{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10545062.stm |title= Halt stoning of Iran 'adulterer' - Human Rights Watch |work= [[BBC News]] |date= July 7, 2010 |accessdate= July 12, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/07/10/14672846.html |title= PM's wife opposes Iranian woman's death sentence |first= David |last= Akin |work= [[Toronto Sun]] |date= July 10, 2010 |accessdate= July 12, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3046654/Celebs-pressure-Iran-on-stoning.html |title= Celebs Pressure Iran on Stoning |date= July 8, 2010 |accessdate= July 12, 2010 |work= [[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/07/09/an-iranian-womans-unlikely-supporter-lindsay-lohan/ |title= An Iranian Woman's Unlikely Supporter: Lindsay Lohan |first= Megan |last= Gibson |work= [[Time Magazine]] |date= July 9, 2010 |accessdate= July 12, 2010}}</ref> Her current fate remains unknown.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10579121.stm Iran's Grim History of Death by Stoning], Mike Woolridge, ''[[BBC News]]'', July 9, 2010</ref> Iranian officials have rejected that she was to be executed by stoning, and described the story as "claims by media and [[human rights]] groups", and reporters in Iran have been banned from reporting on the case.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=134025&sectionid=351020101 |work= [[Press TV]] |title= Iran denies stoning claims |date= July 9, 2010 |accessdate= July 12, 2010}}</ref><ref>Dehghan, Saeed Kamali. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/09/iran-blackout-over-stoning-sentence-woman "Iran imposes media blackout over stoning sentence woman"], ''The Guardian'', July 9, 2010.</ref>
A campaign by her two children succeeded in halting Mohammadi Ashtiani's imminent execution in July 2010, but not in overturning her death sentence. Protests occurred in [[London]] and [[Washington, D.C.]], among other cities.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/07/11/iran.stoning.halted/ |title= Iran execution of woman temporarily halted, state media reports |date= July 11, 2010 |work= [[CNN]] |accessdate= July 12, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/dc-protests-sakineh-ashtiani/ |title= DC: Protests Outside Iranian Interests Building: Stop the Stoning of Sakineh Ashtiani |date= July 3, 2010 |accessdate= July 12, 2010 |work= Responsible for Equality And Liberty}}</ref> Calls to stop her execution came from groups such as [[Human Rights Watch]] and [[Amnesty International]], and by [[Laureen Harper]] and actors [[Colin Firth]], [[Emma Thompson]], [[Robert Redford]], [[Lindsay Lohan]], and [[Juliette Binoche]].<ref>{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10545062.stm |title= Halt stoning of Iran 'adulterer' - Human Rights Watch |work= [[BBC News]] |date= July 7, 2010 |accessdate= July 12, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/07/10/14672846.html |title= PM's wife opposes Iranian woman's death sentence |first= David |last= Akin |work= [[Toronto Sun]] |date= July 10, 2010 |accessdate= July 12, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3046654/Celebs-pressure-Iran-on-stoning.html |title= Celebs Pressure Iran on Stoning |date= July 8, 2010 |accessdate= July 12, 2010 |work= [[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/07/09/an-iranian-womans-unlikely-supporter-lindsay-lohan/ |title= An Iranian Woman's Unlikely Supporter: Lindsay Lohan |first= Megan |last= Gibson |work= [[Time Magazine]] |date= July 9, 2010 |accessdate= July 12, 2010}}</ref> Her current fate remains unknown.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10579121.stm Iran's Grim History of Death by Stoning], Mike Woolridge, ''[[BBC News]]'', July 9, 2010</ref> Iranian officials have rejected that she was to be executed by stoning, and described the story as "claims by media and [[human rights]] groups", and reporters in Iran have been banned from reporting on the case.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=134025&sectionid=351020101 |work= [[Press TV]] |title= Iran denies stoning claims |date= July 9, 2010 |accessdate= July 12, 2010}}</ref><ref>Dehghan, Saeed Kamali. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/09/iran-blackout-over-stoning-sentence-woman "Iran imposes media blackout over stoning sentence woman"], ''The Guardian'', July 9, 2010.</ref>

Revision as of 20:31, 13 July 2010

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani (Persian: سکينه محمدي آشتياني, born 1967—) is an Iranian Azeri woman who is convicted to death by stoning in Iran for the crime of murder and adultery.[1] She was first tried on May 15, 2006 by a court in Tabriz, pleading guilty to the crime of "illicit relationship" with two men, though the incident occurred after the death of her husband. She was sentenced to whipping of 99 lashes, which was carried out.[2]

In September 2006 her case was again brought up when a separate court was prosecuting one of the two men for involvement in the death of Mohammadi Ashtiani's husband. She was then convicted of adultery while still married and sentenced to death by stoning. She later retracted her confession to this crime, claiming it was made under duress and that she she doesn't speak Farsi, but instead only Turkish.[3][4] The Iranian supreme court confirmed her death sentence on May 27, 2007, such that only a pardon from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei could prevent the execution.[2]

A campaign by her two children succeeded in halting Mohammadi Ashtiani's imminent execution in July 2010, but not in overturning her death sentence. Protests occurred in London and Washington, D.C., among other cities.[5][6] Calls to stop her execution came from groups such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, and by Laureen Harper and actors Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Robert Redford, Lindsay Lohan, and Juliette Binoche.[7][8][9][10] Her current fate remains unknown.[11] Iranian officials have rejected that she was to be executed by stoning, and described the story as "claims by media and human rights groups", and reporters in Iran have been banned from reporting on the case.[12][13]

References

  1. ^ "Iran's judiciary suspends stoning sentence against woman". The Hindu. July 12, 2010. Retrieved July 13, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Iran: Prevent Woman's Execution for Adultery". Human Rights Watch. July 7, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
  3. ^ "Iran delivers an ambiguous reprieve". The Irish Times. July 10, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
  4. ^ "Iranian Woman Will Not Be Stoned, May Still Be Killed". Newsweek. July 9, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
  5. ^ "Iran execution of woman temporarily halted, state media reports". CNN. July 11, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
  6. ^ "DC: Protests Outside Iranian Interests Building: Stop the Stoning of Sakineh Ashtiani". Responsible for Equality And Liberty. July 3, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
  7. ^ "Halt stoning of Iran 'adulterer' - Human Rights Watch". BBC News. July 7, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
  8. ^ Akin, David (July 10, 2010). "PM's wife opposes Iranian woman's death sentence". Toronto Sun. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
  9. ^ "Celebs Pressure Iran on Stoning". The Sun. July 8, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
  10. ^ Gibson, Megan (July 9, 2010). "An Iranian Woman's Unlikely Supporter: Lindsay Lohan". Time Magazine. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
  11. ^ Iran's Grim History of Death by Stoning, Mike Woolridge, BBC News, July 9, 2010
  12. ^ "Iran denies stoning claims". Press TV. July 9, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
  13. ^ Dehghan, Saeed Kamali. "Iran imposes media blackout over stoning sentence woman", The Guardian, July 9, 2010.

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