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Iran issues arrest warrant against stoning case lawyer, arrests relatives | Iran has issued an arrest warrant against Mohammad Mostafaei, one of its acclaimed lawyers, who is fighting
the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, sentenced to death by stoning, and re-arrested his wife and brother-in-law in his absence. "It is ridiculous that they have taken
Mostafaei's family as ransom, they have somehow taken them hostage. This confirms
what Sakineh's son wrote in his public letter, that there's no justice in Iran,"
The Guardian quoted Mina Ahadi, a human rights activist for Iran Committee against
Stoning (ICAS), based in Germany who spoke to Mostafaei after he was interrogated,
as saying. "Mohammadi Ashtiani's sentence is not Mostafaei's first stoning case,
he has defended many others against execution by stoning but it was Sakineh's
story which took world attention and made the Iranian authorities angry," she
added. On Saturday, Mohammad Mostafaei's office in Tehran was ransacked and he
was interrogated at the Evin prison for four hours over his human rights activities
and involvement in the case, but was released later in the day. He was again called
back for further questioning before being set free. Authorities then issued an
arrest warrant against him but when he could not be found, 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 the officials, The Guardian reports. The case of 43-year-old
Ashtiani, convicted of adultery, has drawn international attention since her children
launched a campaign for her release almost a month ago. Earlier, Mostafaei volunteered
to take up the case calling Ashtiani’s stoning sentence "a bogus conviction" and
"absolutely illegal." |
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