Iran Suspends Stoning Sentence
A demonstrator holds a portrait of Iranian Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani during a protest in front of the Iran embassy in Rome, 02 Sep 2010/ Iranian authorities say a woman convicted of adultery will not be stoned to death for the crime, but she still faces murder charges in the death of her husband. Iran's state-run TV on Wednesday quoted a spokesman for Iran's foreign ministry as saying Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani's death sentence for adultery had been suspended, but that her sentencing for "complicity in murder" was still in progress. The ...
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