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Iranian 'death by stoning' woman's son claims she was subjected to mock execution | The son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning, has claimed that the
Iranian authorities had prepared her for a mock execution, and alleged that his mother is being subjected to psychological pressure inside the prison because
of the international support she has gathered so far. He claimed that she was
told that she was to be hanged at dawn on Sunday, but the sentence was not carried
out. He came to know about it when he spoke to his mother on the telephone yesterday.
"They are furious with the international outcry over my mother's case so they
are taking revenge on her. The more the pressure comes from outside Iran, the
more they mistreat her," The Guardian quoted Sajad, as saying. He believes the
only reason that Iran has not carried out the execution till date is because of
the international campaign for her release. "I beg everybody in the world to continue
their support for my mother. That is the only way she might be spared from the
death sentence," he added. Iran's judiciary office has told Sajad that his father's
murder case file is lost. He now fears that the authorities are plotting charges
against her to prove her guilty. Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two, was flogged
99 times for having an "illicit relationship outside marriage" in 2006 but another
court reviewed her case after her husband was murdered. She was acquitted of murder
but found guilty of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning. |
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