UN expert urges Iran to halt woman's execution
GENEVA (AP) — A United Nations human rights investigator is urging Iran to stop the planned execution of a woman said to be the victim of a sexual assault over concerns that she didn't receive a fair trial. The U.N. human rights office in Geneva says Reyhaneh Jabbari is reportedly due to be executed Tuesday for the 2007 killing of Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi, a former employee of the Iranian Intelligence Ministry. Ahmed Shaheed, the U.N.'s special investigator on human rights in Iran, said Monday that the case should be re-tried because ...
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