AFP: EU urges Iran to halt woman’s stoning execution

Associated Free Press | July 6, 2010

BRUSSELS — European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton urged Iran on Tuesday to stop the execution of three people including a woman who faces death by stoning for adultery.

Ashton said she was “deeply concerned” about reports that the executions of Mohammad Reza Haddadi, who was sentenced to hang for a murder he committed when he was a minor, and the woman, Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, “may be imminent.”

She also renewed her call for Iran to drop the death sentence against Zeynab Jalalian, a Kurd who awaits execution for being an “enemy of God.”

“I call on Iran to halt these executions and convert the sentences,” Ashton said in a statement.

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Linda Jane Roberts

It is thought that Sakineh Ashtiani, the women who was threatened from stoning, was framed up in a political frame-up. That is why there was no real evidence to start with as her son states. As the nazis and marxists in Iran use frame-ups to knock out political opponents or as propaganda, Iran could not have a death penalty legally as it cannot be sure any verdict is accurate. Also the politics leads to too harsh sentencing for other crimes and issues.
M. Varn Chandola

Stoning executions in general and the Ashtiani case in particular struck such a nerve in me that I wrote the following article: http://rightlegalhelp.net/blog/modern-day-human-sacrifice-iran Unfortunately, even though she may not be stoned, she is still scheduled for execution. I hope that sufficient international exposure concerning her case will compel the Iranian government to release her.