Posted on 12/25/2011 2:14:49 PM PST by Nachum
The case of Sakineh Ashtiani was moved to a back burner after her death sentence drew intense international scrutiny and criticism, not unlike how Youcef Nadarkhani's case is dragging on more quietly after similar international condemnation of his death sentence for apostasy from Islam. In both cases, Iran tried to come up with other excuses to execute them and erode support for them.
The murder charge against Ashtiani, which was applied later, seems to be an afterthought below, and it appears to be the adultery charge on which authorities are moving ahead. An update on this story. "Iranian woman convicted of adultery to be executed by stoning or hanging, official says," by Ali Akbar Dareini for the Associated Press, December 25:
TEHRAN, Iran - Authorities in Iran said Sunday they are again moving ahead with plans to execute a woman sentenced to death by stoning on an adultery conviction in a case that sparked an international outcry, but are considering whether to carry out the punishment by hanging instead.
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani is already behind bars, serving a 10-year sentence on a separate conviction in the murder of her husband. Amid the international outrage her case generated, Iran in July 2010 suspended plans to carry out her death sentence on the adultery conviction.
On Sunday, a senior judiciary official said experts were studying whether the punishment of stoning could be changed to hanging.
"There is no haste. ... We are waiting to see whether we can carry out the execution of a person sentenced to stoning by hanging or not," said Malek Ajdar Sharifi, the head of justice department of East Azerbaijan province, where Ashtiani is jailed.
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They are Nazis, Hitler was late to the muzzie party:
Hitler despised Arabs, but if they were useful against the Allies and wanted to kill Jews, he was would assist them.
Or Democrats
I would expect wide spread screaming and protests in the streets from MoveOn. After all, that organization was founded on the principle that adultery is a personal decision that should be ignored.
They're all enemies of our current system, but they are united albeit with different goals.
We all know how that will play out.
it’s evil.
“Hitler despised Arabs...”
Hell’s bells! I just learned that Hitler and I had something in common...
I knew some Lebanese growing up in Queens, very decent people. Of course, they were Christians.
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