Iran has suspended the sentence to be hanged for complicity in murder of her husband against Sakineh Mohammadi. The announcement was made the head of Iran's parliamentary committee for human rights, Zohre Elahian, in a letter to the President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff. The sentence of stoning for adultery against Sakineh had been suspended last year after the protests of many governments, but still hung on woman sentenced to be hanged for complicity in the murder of her husband.Last year, former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who had excellent relations with Iran, had offered asylum to the woman. The offer was rejected by the Iranian authorities. "Although the sentence of stoning to death is not yet complete - has written to Elahian Rousseff, Lula's successor - the sentence to be hanged was suspended because of forgiveness." Pardon granted to her mother by her two children (who are also children of her husband killed).
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- Rights Group Decries Iran's 'Execution Binge' (16/01/2011)
- Marina Nemat: Separating Fact From Fiction in Sakineh's Case (12/12/2010)
- Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani: a timeline from sentencing to 'release' (09/12/2010)
- Rights group decries 'execution binge' in Iran (16/01/2011)
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