'Temporary wife' executed for murder
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December 2, 2010, Thursday
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Iran yesterday hanged a former professional soccer player's mistress - known as a "temporary wife" - who was convicted of murdering her love rival, the player's wife, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Shahla Jahed was hanged at dawn in Tehran, after spending more than eight years in jail, IRNA said yesterday, in a case that has captivated the Iranian public for several years.
Jahed had become what is known as a "temporary wife" of former soccer star Nasser Mohammad Khani. She was charged in 2002 with stabbing to death Laleh Saharkhizan, the player's wife, and convicted of murder in 2004 and again in 2009, after her appeal was denied.
Contracts with "temporary wives" are a legal way for Iranian men to have mistresses outside marriage, with the agreements lasting from between several hours to a few years.
Yesterday's death sentence was based on the Islamic law of "qisas" - or eye-for-an-eye retribution.
International human rights groups, including Amnesty International, had campaigned for Jahed's punishment to be halted.
The IRNA report said that just before the hanging at Tehran's Evin prison, the 40-year-old Jahed prayed peacefully, then burst into tears and started shouting, calling for her life to be spared.
The victim's son pulled the chair from under her feet as Jahed gasped for breath in the remaining moments of her life, the khabaronline.ir news website said. The former soccer striker, Khani, also attended the hanging.
Shahla Jahed was hanged at dawn in Tehran, after spending more than eight years in jail, IRNA said yesterday, in a case that has captivated the Iranian public for several years.
Jahed had become what is known as a "temporary wife" of former soccer star Nasser Mohammad Khani. She was charged in 2002 with stabbing to death Laleh Saharkhizan, the player's wife, and convicted of murder in 2004 and again in 2009, after her appeal was denied.
Contracts with "temporary wives" are a legal way for Iranian men to have mistresses outside marriage, with the agreements lasting from between several hours to a few years.
Yesterday's death sentence was based on the Islamic law of "qisas" - or eye-for-an-eye retribution.
International human rights groups, including Amnesty International, had campaigned for Jahed's punishment to be halted.
The IRNA report said that just before the hanging at Tehran's Evin prison, the 40-year-old Jahed prayed peacefully, then burst into tears and started shouting, calling for her life to be spared.
The victim's son pulled the chair from under her feet as Jahed gasped for breath in the remaining moments of her life, the khabaronline.ir news website said. The former soccer striker, Khani, also attended the hanging.
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