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Report: Iran Could Lift Stoning Sentence Against Woman

TEHRAN, Iran -- Authorities reviewing a death by stoning sentence against an Iranian woman convicted of adultery could still halt the punishment, a senior judiciary official said Sunday as Iran struggles to mute an international outcry over the case. The comments, however, offered no clear evidence that Iran's judiciary...

Iran to Air Alleged Confession by Condemned Woman

(Dec. 10) -- Iran plans to broadcast what it says is a confession by Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the woman who was condemned to death by stoning for adultery and now is serving 10 years in prison for murder. State-run Press TV is set to air the confession tonight as part of a documentary on her case, according to the...

Activists: Iranian Woman to Be Hanged Soon

(Nov. 2) -- An Iranian woman originally sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery will instead be hanged for murder as soon as Wednesday, a human rights group said. "The authorities in Tehran have given the go-ahead to Tabriz prison for the execution of ... Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani," the International Committee...

Report: Iran Torturing Condemned Woman's Son

(Oct. 28) -- The son of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning has been tortured and repeatedly interrogated by Iranian officials since his arrest two weeks ago, according to advocates for his mother. Sajjad Ghaderzadeh, 22, a bus driver in the northwestern city of Tabriz, successfully campaigned at length on...

Jailed Iranian Woman's Son Reported Missing

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(Oct. 11) -- The son of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery is reportedly missing after two foreign nationals, believed to be German journalists, were arrested after trying to interview him. The lawyer for the woman, 43-year-old Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, also has not been heard from. Iran's...

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Iranian Cartoonist Mahmoud Shokraye Sentenced to 25 Lashes for Satirical Cartoon

Iranian cartoonist Mahmoud Shokraye has been sentenced to 25 lashes for daring to draw a caricature of a local politician that wasn't appreciated by its subject.

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Help Free a Canadian Prisoner under Torture in Iran

The first political prisoner campaign I got involved in after Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer were released on September 21, 2011, was the Free Saeed Malekpour campaign.

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06/01/12 Outrage over Sudanese woman's stoning to death... Source: New Kerala Dot Com A Sudanese woman has been sentenced to death by stoning on charges of adultery, which has prompted a protest by human rights campaigners.
05/28/12 Four years on Iran's death row takes toll on... Source: Metro Canada It's an anniversary no couple should have to mark: the black-circled date on the calendar that commemorates four years in Iran's feared Evin prison for Canadian Hamid Ghassemi-Shall.
05/23/12 Iranian translator released from notorious Tehran... Source: La Verne Community Newspaper - La Verne CA A prominent Iranian literary translator imprisoned since January on unknown charges has been released on bail, a source close to the family said Wednesday.
05/22/12 Iran hangs 14 drug traffickers in mass execution Source: New Kerala Dot Com Fourteen people who were previously convicted of drug trafficking have been hanged in the Iranian capital of Tehran, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
05/21/12 Iran hangs 14 for drug trafficking Source: The Daily Telegraph - Australia The report issued today identified them only by their initials.