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| Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, sentenced to death for adultery in Tehran, is seen in this undated handout image made available to Amnesty International in London on July 8, 2010 and released to Reuters on August 24, 2010. Ashtiani will not be executed on November 3, 2010, France's foreign minister said, citing a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart. (REUTERS/Handout/Files) |
Thu Nov 4, 2010
LONDON (Reuters) - Iran denied Thursday that it was poised to execute a woman accused of adultery whose case has been championed in the West, saying reports her execution was imminent were part of a propaganda campaign.
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has been accused both of adultery and of being complicit in her husband's murder. Her sentence to be stoned to death was suspended earlier this year after prominent political and religious figures called it barbaric.
German-based human rights group the International Committee against Stoning said Tuesday she would be hanged Wednesday instead of being stoned. Under Islamic law, which has been in force in Iran since its revolution in 1979, murder can be punished by hanging, while adultery can be punished by stoning.
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