Iran Stoning Case Woman Ordered to Name Campaigners
THE GUARDIAN: Mother interrogated in prison over photograph and children advised to stay silent or face arrest

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. Photograph: The Guardian
Iran has put fresh pressure on the woman it last month sentenced to death by stoning, demanding the names of those involved in the campaign for her release.

The case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has drawn international attention after her children launched a campaign for her release. After a global outcry last month, Iran's judiciary said Sakineh would not be put to death by stoning, but still faced execution by hanging.

The 43-year-old mother of two has been interrogated inside Tabriz prison over the names of the people who have been in touch with her family and the way her photo has been distributed among the media, the Guardian has learned.

Sakineh's photo, which has been distributed all over the world, has become a defining image for human rights activists campaigning against stoning in Iran.

"Sakineh has been under big pressure since the world has paid attention to her case", a source close to her family told the Guardian. "Recently she was questioned and asked to advise her children to remain silent, otherwise they will be arrested too. International attention is the only hope for Sakineh's release", the source added.

Sakineh's lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei, has received a letter from the Iranian intelligence service summoning him to a meeting in Evin prison in the next three days to "clarify certain issues".

Mostafaei is an acclaimed lawyer who volunteered to represent Sakineh when he heard her story.

Sakineh received 99 lashes, but was subsequently accused of adultery during the trial of a man accused of murdering her husband. Iran's judiciary has said Sakineh faces execution by hanging "because she is convicted of murder". >>> Saeed Kamali Dehghan | Thursday, July 22, 2010

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Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani to Be Lashed Over Newspaper Photograph
THE GUARDIAN: Iranian woman facing death for adultery to be whipped despite Times apologising for using picture of another person

Activists hold a solidarity rally for Sakineh Mohamadi Ashtiani who was convicted of committing adultery and sentenced to being stoned to death. Photograph: The Guardian
Iran has reportedly sentenced Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani – the 43-year-old Iranian woman who faces execution after being convicted of adultery – to 99 lashes in prison for "spreading corruption and indecency" after allowing an unveiled picture of herself to be published in a British newspaper.

The claim, which could not be confirmed, comes from her family and a lawyer representing Mohammadi Ashtiani, based on reports from those who have recently left the prison in Tabriz where she has been held for the last four years.

The latest charges against Mohammadi Ashtiani – if confirmed – would appear to suggest that the Iranian authorities have been stung by the international outcry her case has attracted through the campaign of her family and supporters in the media, and could be read as a warning that it is Sakineh who could suffer from the protests.

What has made the latest charges against her even more extraordinary is the fact that the unveiled photograph in question, published by the Times newspaper on 28 August, was not actually of Sakineh but of another woman, for which the paper has since apologised.

In reality, the woman pictured was Susan Hejrat, an Iranian political activist living in Sweden whose photograph had been published on a website along with an article she had written about Sakineh's case, perhaps causing the confusion. In its apology, published on Friday, the Times said that the photograph had been obtained from Mohammad Mostafaei, one of Sakineh's lawyers, who had claimed that he received the picture from her son, Sajad – which he has denied.

Instead, in an open letter today, Sajad Ghaderzadeh accused the Iranian authorities of using the mistaken picture as "an excuse to increase their harassment of our mother".

He added: "My mother has been called in to see the judge in charge of prison misdemeanours, and he has sentenced our helpless mother to 99 lashes on false charges of spreading corruption and indecency by disseminating this picture of a woman presumed to be her [Sakineh] without hijab." >>> Saeed Kamali Dehghan and Peter Beaumont | Saturday, September 04, 2010

leJDD.fr: Nouveau châtiment pour Sakineh : Toujours menacée d’exécution, la mère de famille iranienne a été condamnée à 99 coups de fouet. >>>Karen Lajon - Le Journal du Dimanche | Dimanche 05 Septembre 2010

Iran : La justice réexamine d'abord l'accusation de meurtre visant Sakineh
Sakineh, âgée de 43 ans, a été condamnée à mort pour adultère et pour son implication dans le meurtre de son mari. Photo : Le Point
LE POINT: L'examen de l'accusation de meurtre visant Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani passe avant celui des adultères, pour lesquels l'Iranienne a été condamnée à la lapidation, et la justice va avoir besoin de plus de temps pour réexaminer l'affaire, selon le procureur général à Téhéran. "Deux accusations et condamnations visent Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, sans nul doute l'accusation de meurtre passe avant les autres accusations et la justice a mis à l'ordre du jour d'abord celle-ci (meurtre)", a déclaré Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejeie, cité mercredi soir par l'agence officielle Irna. "L'énoncé d'une peine définitive requiert plus de temps et d'investigations", a-t-il ajouté. >>> Source AFP | Jeudi 11 Novembre 2010

L’Iran ne lapidera pas Sakineh l’adultère
20 MINUTES ONLINE: Sakineh, l'Iranienne condamnée à la lapidation pour adultère, dont le cas avait suscité un tollé international, ne sera finalement pas exécutée.

«Selon les informations transmises par les autorités judiciaires compétentes en Iran, (Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani) ne sera pas lapidée», a annoncé l'ambassade d'Iran à Londres dans un communiqué cité par le Times.

Le communiqué ne précise toutefois pas si la condamnée, âgée de 43 ans, sera épargnée ou finalement exécutée par pendaison, souligne le quotidien.

Selon l'association de défense des droits de l'Homme Amnesty International, elle avait été condamnée en 2006 ou 2007 et a déjà reçu 99 coups de fouet.

La lapidation prévue vendredi avait suscité de nombreuses condamnations de par le monde, Washington et Londres en tête. >>> afp | Vendredi 09 Juillet 2010

La lapidation pour adultère choque les USA
20 MINUTES ONLINE: Les Etats-Unis ont condamné jeudi la sentence de lapidation de Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, une Iranienne condamnée à mort dans son pays pour adultère.

Les Etats-Unis ont appelé jeudi l'Iran à ne pas mettre à exécution la condamnation à mort par lapidation d'une Iranienne pour adultère, qualifiant cette sentence de «barbare». «La lapidation comme moyen de mise à mort s'apparente à de la torture. C'est un acte barbare et odieux», a déclaré un porte-parole du département d'Etat, Mark Toner.

«Nous condamnons avec la plus grande fermeté l'utilisation de la pratique de la lapidation, où qu'elle se pratique, comme forme légale de condamnation à mort», a-t-il ajouté. >>> afp | Jeudi 08 Juillet 2010

THE TELEGRAPH: Iran cancels plan to stone woman to death for adultery: Iran has announced that a woman will not be stoned to death after being convicted of adultery following an international outcry. >>> | Friday, July 09, 2010

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani va être fouettée, selon son fils
TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: TEHERAN | Le fils de Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, une Iranienne condamnée à la lapidation pour adultère, a annoncé lundi que les autorités iraniennes lui avaient infligé une nouvelle peine, 99 coups de fouet, après la publication dans un journal britannique d’une femme non voilée et présentée par erreur comme sa mère. >>> AP | Lundi 06 Septembre 2010

La lapidation de Sakineh pourrait avoir lieu après le Ramadan
TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: IRAN | Le fils de l'Iranienne Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, condamnée à mort par lapidation, a déclaré lundi craindre l'exécution de la sentence après la fin du Ramadan.

Cette possibilité a été évoquée lors d'une conversation téléphonique devant la presse avec l'écrivain français Bernard-Henri Lévy. Le Ramadan doit s'achever cette année autour du 10 septembre.

Sajjad Mohammadi Ashtiani, 22 ans, a déclaré ne plus avoir de nouvelles de sa mère depuis que ses "aveux", que sa famille et ses avocats considèrent comme forcés, avaient été diffusés par la télévision iranienne le 11 août. "Les visites hebdomadaires sont interdites", a-t-il dit. >>> AFP | Lundi 06 Septembre 2010

THE GLOBE AND MAIL: Iranian woman could be executed after Ramadan, lawyer says: Confirmed Iranian woman sentenced to stoning was lashed 99 times last week for photo in British Newspaper mistakenly identified as her >>> Nasser Karimi, Tehran, Iran, The Associated Press | Monday, September 06, 2010

Affaire Sakineh – L'Iran rassure la France
Le ministre des Affaires étrangères iranien Manouchehr Mottaki a assuré à Bernard Kouchner que les informations sur l'éventuelle exécution de l'Iranienne Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani "ne correspondaient pas à la réalité" (ici les deux hommes en 2009 à Paris). Photo : Le Point
LE POINT: Le verdict final dans l'affaire Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani n'a pas été prononcé par la justice iranienne, selon le chef de la diplomatie iranienne Manouchehr Mottaki, a affirmé mercredi le ministre des Affaires étrangères, Bernard Kouchner. Lors d'un entretien téléphonique mercredi, "Manouchehr Mottaki m'a affirmé que le verdict final dans l'affaire concernant Sakineh Ashtiani n'avait pas été prononcé par la justice iranienne, et que les informations concernant son éventuelle exécution ne correspondaient pas à la réalité", a déclaré le ministre dans un communiqué. >>> Le Point | Mercredi 03 Novembre 2010

Iran Stoning Sentence Woman Asks to Be Reunited with Her Children
THE GUARDIAN: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani's supporters call for support to free her from prison, after sentence was changed to hanging

The Iranian woman whose sentence of death by stoning was commuted to hanging after an international campaign, today sent a message from inside Tabriz prison calling for further support so that she might be reunited with her children.

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two, said she thinks of nothing other than hugging her children and that she was mentally broken when authorities flogged her 99 times in front of her then 17-year-old son, Sajad.

She thanked the world for launching the campaign for her release but said part of her "heart is frozen". "Every night before I go to sleep, I think who would throw stones at me?", she said.

The message was read by Mina Ahadi, of the Iran Committee against Stoning (ICAS), at a press conference in Conway Hall, in London, this morning.

"Put Sakineh's picture beside Neda Agha-Soltan's and don't let Iran repeat what it did with Neda again with Sakineh," said Ahadi, an Iranian human rights activist. Agha-Soltan was shot to death in the aftermath of Iran's disputed election in June 2009 and became a symbol of Iran's post-election rebellion. >>> Saeed Kamali Dehghan | Friday, July 30, 2010

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, who became President Nicolas Sarkozy’s third wife two years ago, has signed a petition calling for Sakineh’s release. Photograph: Mail On Sunday
Carla Bruni Branded 'Prostitute' by Iran after She Campaigns for Woman Threatened with Stoning
MAIL ON SUNDAY: Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has been branded a ‘prostitute’ by Iran after she publicly attacked the country for threatening to stone a woman to death.

France’s First Lady is part of a campaign to save the life of Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two.

She is accused of cheating on her husband and then helping to kill him, and is now facing capital punishment for her crimes.

Ms Bruni-Sarkozy, who became President Nicolas Sarkozy’s third wife two years ago, has signed a petition calling for Sakineh’s release.

Last week the former supermodel said: ‘I just can’t see what good could
come out of this macabre ceremony, whatever the judicial reasons put
forward to justify it.’

Addressing Sakineh directly in an open letter, Ms Bruni-Sarkozy wrote: ‘Why shed your blood and deprive your children of their mother? Because you have lived, because you have loved, because you’re a woman, and because you’re an Iranian? Everything within me refuses to accept this.’

But Kayhan (which means ‘Universe’ in English), the Iranian daily newspaper which acts as a mouthpiece for the country’s ultra conservative Islamic regime, has now accused 42-year-old Ms Bruni-Sarkozy of being a hypocrite. >>> Peter Allen | Sunday, August 29, 2010

THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Iran calls Carla Bruni a 'prostitute’: Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the French First Lady, has been called a “prostitute” by Iran after she criticised the country’s decision to stone a woman to death. >>> | Sunday, August 29, 2010

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Lapidation en Iran : Une centaine de villes se mobilisent
A Paris, 300 personnes se sont rassemblées sur le parvis des droits de l'Homme au Trocadéro. Photo : 20 Minutes (Suisse)
20 MINUTES: Plusieurs manifestations de soutien se sont tenues samedi dans toute la France pour Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, l'Iranienne condamnée à mort par lapidation pour adultère et meurtre.

Plusieurs manifestations de soutien à Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, l'Iranienne condamnée à mort par lapidation pour adultère et meurtre et dont le sort suscite une vague d'émotion en Occident, se sont tenues samedi dans toute la France.

A Paris, 300 personnes se sont rassemblées sur le parvis des droits de l'Homme au Trocadéro, aux côtés de plusieurs personnalités comme l'écrivain Marek Halter ou la réalisatrice et élue parisienne Yamina Benguigui, a constaté l'AFP.

"Sakineh est au courant de cette mobilisation. Ce qui est important, c'est que nos voix puissent résonner, car nos renoncements en France peuvent être catastrophiques pour elle", a lancé Sihem Habchi, présidente de l'association Ni Putes Ni Soumises (NPNS), co-organisatrice du rassemblement avec la Ligue du droit international des femmes et le Mouvement pour la paix et contre le terrorisme.

Mme Benguigui, adjointe au maire de Paris chargée des droits de l'Homme, s'est directement adressée à cette Iranienne de 43 ans, "pour vous affirmer avec amour, détermination et sans réserve que nous ne vous abandonnerons jamais". >>> afp | Samedi 28 Août 2010

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani's Family Turned Away From Prison Visit
THE GUARDIAN: Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning was told by guards she had been abandoned by her children, says son

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, right, pictured in 2004 at a nursery in Osko, Iran, where she worked for almost two years. Photograph: Family handout for the Guardian
The Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning has been denied visits by her lawyer and family, her son told the Guardian today, as it emerged that her lawyer has been subjected to fresh harassment.

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has been detained in Tabriz jail since 2006 and was sentenced to death on charges of adultery. She was acquitted of murdering her husband, but Iranian authorities have since accused her of being an accomplice.

Arriving for a prison visit yesterday, her son Sajad, 22 and daughter Saeedeh, 17, were told she was unwilling to see them.

Later, when she was allowed to phone her son, it emerged she had been told by guards that no one had come to visit and that her children had abandoned her, Sajad told the Guardian. "[The officials] have become obstinate – they are seeking just different ways to mistreat my mother and us as her children," he said.

Mohammadi Ashtiani's government-appointed lawyer, Houtan Kian, has been unable to visit her since she appeared on TV this month and confessed to involvement in her husband's murder. Human rights campaigners say the confession was made under duress. >>> Saeed Kamali Dehghan | Friday, August 27, 2010

Carla Bruni écrit à Sakineh
leJDD.fr: Carla-Bruni Sarkozy a écrit une lettre à Sakineh, cette Iranienne de 43 ans condamnée à la lapidation dans son pays. "Mon mari plaidera votre cause sans relâche", promet la locataire de l'Elysée dans une missive publiée lundi par plusieurs médias.

BHL, Isabelle Adjani, Martine Aubry, Frédéric Mitterrand, Bertrand Delanoë… Ils sont nombreux à avoir signé la pétition de soutien à Sakineh, cette Iranienne condamnée à la lapidation, pour avoir eu, selon la justice de son pays, deux relations amoureuses hors mariage et participé au meurtre de son amant. Cette fois, c'est Carla Bruni-Sarkozy qui a écrit une lettre à cette femme de 43 ans, écrouée depuis cinq ans dans la prison de Tabriz. Une missive relayée dans les médias, via La Régle du jeu, le site de Bernard-Henry Lévy - auteur de la pétition, Elle, Libération, et le journal américain Huffington Post. >>> Caroline Vigoureux - leJDD.fr | Mardi 24 Août 2010

Sakineh, "notre soeur à tous" (Fillon)
LE FIGARO: François Fillon a déclaré ce soir sur France 2 que l'iranienne Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, condamnée à mort par lapidation dans son pays, était "notre soeur à tous", en estimant que son exécution mettrait l'Iran "au ban des nations".



"Je dois dire qu'on est tous révoltés par cette espèce d'acte de barbarie dont est menacée Sakineh", a déclaré le premier ministre, interrogé sur le cas de l'Iranienne dans l'émission "A vous de juger". "Le président de la République est intervenu personnellement. Il a dit que nous étions désormais responsables de sa vie, responsables de son sort. C'est notre soeur à tous parce que c'est une femme qui est menacée par la pire des barbaries", a-t-il poursuivi. >>> AFP | Jeudi 09 Septembre 2010

Iran Stoning Case Lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei's Relatives Arrested
THE GUARDIAN: The lawyer defending Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani himself faces re-arrest as his wife and brother-in-law are held by Iran authorities

Authorities in Iran have issued an arrest warrant for an acclaimed Iranian lawyer and arrested his wife and brother-in-law over his involvement in the case of a woman sentenced to death by stoning.

Lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei's office in Tehran was ransacked, and he was interrogated in Evin prison for four hours on Saturday over his human rights activities and involvement in the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the 43-year-old mother of two who was convicted of adultery and whose plight in Iran has drawn international attention since her children launched a campaign for her release almost a month ago.

Mostafaei called Sakineh's stoning sentence "a bogus conviction" and "absolutely illegal" in an interview with the Guardian earlier this month.

He was released, then called back for further questioning before being set free. Authorities then issued an arrest warrant.

When they were unable to find him the authorities arrested his wife, Fereshteh Halimi and her brother Farhad Halimi to try to force him to surrender. However, it is still unclear whether Mostafaei has been arrested or he has managed to evade officials. >>> Saeed Kamali Dehghan | Monday, July 26, 2010

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Woman Sentenced to Death by Stoning Confesses 'Sin of Adultery' to Iran TV
THE GUARDIAN: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani also blamed activist Mina Ahadi for spreading story around world

An image of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani held during a support rally in Rome. Photograph: The Guardian

Iranian state TV broadcast a statement last night by the woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, in which she described herself as a "sinner".

Appearing on TV for the third time since her case caught the world's attention, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, 43, also accused Mina Ahadi, an activist of the German-based International Committee Against Stoning (Icas), of spreading her story around the world.

The report also broadcast purported statements by two men whose faces were blurred. State TV identified them as Ashtiani's son, Sajjad Qaderzadeh, 22, and her lawyer, Houtan Kian, both of whom were arrested last month. >>> Saeed Kamali Dehghan | Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Iran Stoning Woman Calls Herself a 'Sinner' on State TV
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Iranian state television has broadcast footage of a purported statement by an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in which she calls herself a "sinner". >>> | Monday, November 15, 2010

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Subjected to Mock Execution
THE GUARDIAN: Her son Sajad says she was told she would be hanged at dawn on Sunday and visits by her family and lawyer have been denied

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning, was told on Saturday that she was to be hanged at dawn on Sunday, but the sentence was not carried out, it emerged tonight.

Mohammadi Ashtiani wrote her will and embraced her cellmates in Tabriz prison just before the call to morning prayer, when she expected to be led to the gallows, her son Sajad told the Guardian.

"Pressure from the international community has so far stopped them from carrying out the sentence but they're killing her every day by any means possible," he said.

The mock execution came days after prison authorities denied family and legal visits to Mohammadi Ashtiani. Her children were told she was unwilling to meet them while she was told, also falsely, that no one had come to visit her. >>> Saeed Kamali Dehghan and Ian Black | Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Iranian Woman Who Faced Death by Stoning 'Will Be Hanged Tomorrow'
MAIL ONLINE: An Iranian woman who faced being stoned to death will hang tomorrow, a human rights group has claimed.

The International Committee Against Stoning said that the authorities had given the go-ahead for the execution of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani.

Her fate has provoked international outcry after she was sentenced to death by stoning for committing adultery.

Under huge pressure, Tehran eventually ruled that the 43-year-old mother-of-two would be hanged instead.

Ashtiani has been on death row ever since.

'The authorities in Tehran have given the go-ahead to Tabriz prison for the execution of Iran stoning case Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani,' the human rights group said on its website.

'It has been reported that she is to be executed this Wednesday, 3 November.' >>> Daily Mail Reporter | Tuesday, November 02, 2010

L'intelligentsia française se mobilise pour l'Iranienne qui risque la lapidation
TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: CONDAMNATION | De grands noms du cinéma et de la littérature, ainsi que plusieurs femmes politiques françaises, ont publié dimanche soir une tribune de soutien à Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, suite à ses "aveux" forcés.

Le texte a été publié sur le site de la revue du philosophe Bernard-Henri Lévy "La règle du jeu".

"Il est urgent d'intervenir pour empêcher une mise à mort dont les observateurs de la scène iranienne ont tout lieu de redouter l'imminence", affirment notamment l'écrivain tchèque Milan Kundera et le prix Nobel nigérian Wole Soyinka, la créatrice franco-iranienne de BD Marjane Satrapi ("Persépolis"), les comédiennes Juliette Binoche et Mia Farrow.

Dix-sept personnalités ont signé le texte intitulé "Il faut empêcher la lapidation de Sakineh", qui devait également figurer à la Une du journal Libération lundi.

L'organisation de défense des droits de l'Homme Human Rights Watch a dit samedi qu'elle craignait que l'exécution ne se déroule "bientôt". >>> AFP | Lundi 16 Août 2010

Iran Stoning Woman Offered Asylum by Brazil's President Lula
THE GUARDIAN: Offer raises hopes Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, will be spared

Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has stepped into the international outcry over Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, by offering his country as a refuge, a move which raised hopes her life will be spared.

The surprise offer prompted an immediate reaction from Iran, which considers Brazil a key ally. Iranian officials softened their tone with Ashtiani's family over the weekend and official media reported full details of the story for the first time.

"I don't think Iran can ignore Brazil as easily as it ignored other countries," Ashtiani's son, Sajad, told the Guardian today. "It is very important that Brazil, as one of Iran's most significant allies in the world, has offered a haven for my mother."

He hoped Turkey, which also carries influence with Tehran, would add its voice. "No countries in the world can have such impacts that Brazil and Turkey can have on Iran now. These two countries can save my mother's life," said Sajad. >>> Saeed Kamali Dehghan, Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro, and Rory Carroll | Sunday, August 01, 2010

Iran Charges Two German Journalists With Spying Over Ashtiani Case
THE GUARDIAN: Pair 'confess' on state TV after interviewing son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the woman sentenced to death by stoning

Two German journalists have been charged with spying against Iran after interviewing the family of the woman sentenced to death by stoning, an Iranian judicial official said today.

The two women, who were identified only as a reporter and a photographer, were arrested in the city of Tabriz last month after interviewing the son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani.

Malekajdar Sharifi, the head of the judiciary in East Azerbaijan province, said today that spying charges have been formally lodged against them.

The semi-official Fars News Agency quoted him as saying: "The espionage charge for the two German citizens who came to Iran to stage propaganda and spying has been approved."

According to Iran's English-language broadcaster, Press TV, he added: "These two women are certainly spies and their case will be addressed [in a court of law]." >>> Matthew Weaver and agencies | Tuesday, November 16, 2010

L'Iran n'a pas pris de "décision finale" sur la lapidation de Sakineh
LE POINT: Aucune décision finale n'a été prise sur la lapidation de Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani pour adultère et meurtre, a réaffirmé samedi le ministère iranien des Affaires étrangères, notant que l'application de la peine avait été "suspendue" et que le verdict était "en cours d'examen". "Pour les peines très lourdes, il y a une procédure particulière et longue. Ce verdict est en cours d'examen et, lorsque la justice arrivera à une conclusion finale, elle l'annoncera", a indiqué à l'AFP ce porte-parole, Ramin Mahmanparast. >>> Source AFP | Samedi 28 Août 2010