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    Iranian woman to face death by stoning or hanging

    TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Authorities in Iran said Sunday they are again moving ahead with plans to execute a woman sentenced to death by stoning on an adultery conviction in a case that sparked an international outcry, but are considering whether to carry out the punishment by hanging instead.

    Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani is already behind bars, serving a 10-year sentence on a separate conviction in the murder of her husband. Amid the international outrage her case generated, Iran in July 2010 suspended plans to carry out her death sentence on the adultery conviction.

    On Sunday, a senior judiciary official said experts were studying whether the punishment of stoning could be changed to hanging.

    "There is no haste. ... We are waiting to see whether we can carry out the execution of a person sentenced to stoning by hanging or not," said Malek Ajdar Sharifi, the head of justice department of East Azerbaijan province, where Ashtiani is jailed.

    "As soon as the result (of the investigation) is obtained, we will carry out the sentence," he said, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.

    The charge of a married woman having an illicit relationship requires a punishment of stoning, he said.

    He said judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani ordered a halt to stoning in order to allow Islamic experts to investigate whether the punishment can be altered in Ashtiani's case.

    Ashtiani was convicted of adultery in 2006 after the murder of her husband.

    She was later convicted of being an accessory to her husband's murder and sentenced to 10 years in prison.

     
    • Jeremy  •  Dayton, Ohio  •  5 mths ago
      Wait, what? 10 years for murdering her husband, but execution for adultery?
    • regular ndn  •  5 mths ago
      "...experts were studying whether the punishment of stoning could be changed to hanging." WOW!! It takes an "expert" to decide if stoning is better or not? I'm an expert. Let's stone them and see how they like it...
      • R 5 mths ago
        Shut the hell up. IT should be li*ke this in America. Than all these #$%$ will stop running around and cheating.
      • Russian S 5 mths ago
        True "R". It is meant to protect peoples honor. That's why bad people should be punished.
      • B.S. 5 mths ago
        that was great!!
    • raymond  •  5 mths ago
      10 yrs in prison for helping someone kill your husband, but death for adultery. What a screwed up sense of what's important.
      • Russian S 5 mths ago
        And they also said that Iraq ready to attack USA with nuclear bombs. Poor americans, believe everything.
      • B 5 mths ago
        all a fraud jwratarabs the men are so #$%$ ugly what do you expect
      • Ty 5 mths ago
        Actually, it's death for adultery if you're a WOMAN having an illicit relationship.
        (Not sure what punishment a man gets, but the article did spell out that was the charge for a woman, thus implying a different charge for a man.)
        This is what fundamentalism gets you.
    • borrelian  •  Markham, Canada  •  5 mths ago
      Did I read that correctly? Ten years for murder and hanging for screwing.
      • Roman 5 mths ago
        You got it. Murder is not as bad as adultery.
      • ghostiegirl 5 mths ago
        Only for torturing people..
      • don 5 mths ago
        Doesnt make a whole hell of a lot of sense, does it?
    • ghostiegirl  •  Mt Dora, Florida  •  5 mths ago
      And what about the men screwing,raping anything over there?WHAT DO THEY GET??? N O T H I N G.....PIGS
      • Ronn 5 mths ago
        They all suck.
      • Richard 5 mths ago
        They get laid! And should get the same as her...if she's guilty.
      • mostafà 5 mths ago
        already hanged! check your facts before starting your usual stereotypes against men.
    • michael  •  Birmingham, United Kingdom  •  5 mths ago
      it is much better to stone that beast who orders stoning!
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Jacksonville, Florida  •  5 mths ago
      The EEYATOLLA will have the priviledge of throwing the first one. Boy-O-Boy ! what a
      pathectic factor !
    • ShopperBen  •  5 mths ago
      what the stories don't tell you is that the men in these cases (so called victims) are abusers, beaters, rapists and adulterers themselves.
    • Houston Hammer  •  Houston, Texas  •  5 mths ago
      Muslims are so peaceful, loving and forgiving, what a nice bunch of folks they are.
    • Bratt  •  Southport, North Carolina  •  5 mths ago
      These are the people (using the term loosely) who are vowing to bring "civilization" to our planet. HOW MANY TIMES DOES THIS STUFF HAVE TO SURFACE BEFORE OUR LEADERS UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS NO PEACE, NO COMPROMISE. THERE IS ONLY "WE WIN AND YOU LOSE"? I am a combat vet and do NOT wish armed conflict on anyone, but these subhumans only recognize violence as a solution. Get a grip AMERICA, we are in a fight to the death for our way of life. "Those who trade security for freedom deserve neither" - Ben Franklin.
    • old guy  •  5 mths ago
      Islam is a great religion especially for men. They get to do all this stuff and then kill women for even thinking about it. I believe these muslim countries are truly the rectum of the world
    • Harry  •  San Jose De Guaymas, Mexico  •  5 mths ago
      Why would anyone want to visit this cesspool or have anything to do with its society? Muslim people are looking for respect and yet they committ these horrible crimes in the name of Islam? Sorry, I want nothing to do with them or what they call their religion.
    • Dave  •  Detroit, Michigan  •  5 mths ago
      Remind me, this "religion" of which each faction wants to kill everyone in the other factions more than they want to kill all the Infidels, is based on a pedophile named Mohammed who at 25 years of age married a 6 year old girl for his "first wife" and was kind enough to wait until she was 9 years old before he had sex with the child... does that sum it up?
    • Luis  •  Lake Elmo, Minnesota  •  5 mths ago
      When are they going to stone men for adultry, and child raping? Oh I know, it is condoned by the mullahs. Mohamad said so. He had children for wives as well so it is quite alright to rape children and kill women to. They seem to think that the islamist men are pure at heart but the rest of the world knows better. God is forgiving and loving but not their god whoever it is . Allah? is he god? If he is , well I don't know him. I love Jesus and my lord almighty to whom I pray daily but I don't have to face North, South, East or west, he hears me even if I face downward or sideways. Talk about dark ages! Islam is a gang of thugs who claim Islam very conveniently to rape, kill and abuse women and children. All in the name of Allah.
    • Malcolm  •  New Orleans, Louisiana  •  5 mths ago
      Apparently this is justice, for a stone age people.
    • Dennis  •  Grand Rapids, Michigan  •  5 mths ago
      Just shows how backward Islamic law is. I wonder what the man involved was sentenced to? I don't think adultery is a solo activity.
    • FOX MULDER  •  Herndon, Virginia  •  5 mths ago
      Ah yes, the religon of love shows through again. Why not hang her and as she hangs stone her too....that will teach her
    • E G  •  Meriden, Connecticut  •  5 mths ago
      Just another day in Iran, another mundane task to be completed in the name of loving Allah. Justice would be served if the man received the same sentence but OH forgive me my ignorance, women are chattel and a goat is worth more than them. Now let's see how many thumbs down I get from the enlightened ones. Merry Christmas.
    • V  •  5 mths ago
      It is the religion of savages that is spreading like a viral disease as its followers do not practice any birth control and have a birth rate that is twice that of non-Muslims. I cannot understand as to why Muslims keep going back to the 7th century as the way to live in the 21st century!!!
    • Joker1  •  Washington, District of Columbia  •  5 mths ago
      Its good to know that the ultra righteous Iranian government is upholding moral standards. Without stonings, hangings, beheadings, and gang rapes, where would we be? May a thousand camels break wind on their foreheads.
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