TEHRAN - Iranian authorities have also suspended the execution of sentence of death by hanging of Sakineh Ashtiani Mohammadi, who was found guilty of adultery and complicity in the killing of her husband. This was announced by the Iranian Parliament's Committee on Human Rights, Zohre Elahian, in a letter to the President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff."After the sentence of stoning was not performed (it was blocked last year, ndr), the hangings were suspended by the forgiveness (of their children)," reads the letter, as reported by the agency Iran's ISNA. Elahian Roussef wrote in because his predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had offered asylum to Sakineh, embarrassing Tehran, with which Brazil is among the few countries to have good diplomatic relations.
The committee chairman Iranian Human Rights has also stated that Sakineh must serve a sentence of 10 years in prison (the woman is in jail since 2006).
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