Iran suspends stoning sentence
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September 9, 2010, Thursday
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IRANIAN authorities have suspended the sentence of death by stoning for a woman convicted of adultery, the foreign ministry said yesterday.
"The verdict regarding the extramarital affairs has stopped and it's being reviewed," Foreign Ministry Ramin Mehmanparast said.
The statement came a day after European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso called the sentence "barbaric beyond words," the latest in a string of criticisms from around the world.
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani was convicted of adultery - a capital crime in the Islamic Republic - in 2006. She has also been charged with involvement in her husband's murder.
Mehmanparast said the murder charge was "being investigated for the final verdict to be issued."
"The verdict regarding the extramarital affairs has stopped and it's being reviewed," Foreign Ministry Ramin Mehmanparast said.
The statement came a day after European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso called the sentence "barbaric beyond words," the latest in a string of criticisms from around the world.
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani was convicted of adultery - a capital crime in the Islamic Republic - in 2006. She has also been charged with involvement in her husband's murder.
Mehmanparast said the murder charge was "being investigated for the final verdict to be issued."
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