Iran Tells World Don't Make Stoning A Rights Issue
Iran has warned foreign countries against interference in its legal system and told them to stop trying to turn the case of a woman sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery into a human rights issue. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said today that the furor was based on false information about Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani's case. Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two was condemned to death for illicit sex and charged with involvement in her husband's murder. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told the European ...
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