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MUM-of-two Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has been sentenced to death by stoning in Iran for alleged adultery.

The sentence is on top of 99 lashes, already carried out, for having an "illicit" relationship with two men after her husband's death.

It is the latest example of Iranian justice that has appalled people around the world.

Here British stand-up comic OMID DJALILI highlights her case and that of the persecuted Bahá'í religious minority.

I am deeply saddened by the Iranian government's treatment of its own citizens.

To say that the Iranian judicial system might need 'a bit of updating' is an understatement.

"The integrity of their court must come into question and is surely compromised when Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a mother of two, can be sentenced to a cruel death by stoning because she has "confessed" to adultery (I'm assuming "Relate" counselling in that regime hasn't caught on yet?).

The seven leaders of Iran's Bahá'í community have just been sentenced to 20 years in jail. These innocent people, whose only 'crime' is that they are Bahá'ís, faced a sham trial earlier this year.

"Their former lawyer, Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, is clear that there is no evidence to support accusations that they were spreading propaganda, insulting Islam, or spying for Israel.

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