Why Iran suspended woman's stoning sentence
Iran suspended the stoning sentence for a woman convicted of adultery amid mounting international pressure, including the European Parliament's 658-1 resolution against such punishment./ A protester, dressed with a costume to depict a woman stoned to death in Iran, participates in a demonstration against the government of Iran, in central London, Aug. 25./ European leaders and Western activists had sought to prevent the execution of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, convicted of adultery, in a mounting war of words with Iranian hard-liners – ...
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