The World Reacts to News on Sakineh Ashtiani's Imminent Execution

The World Reacts to News on Sakineh Ashtiani's Imminent Execution
by Maryam Nayeb Yazdi
02-Nov-2010
 


After news broke out that Sakineh Ashtiani may be executed on Wednesday November 3rd, the world went in urgent alert mode by protesting the news online. Now everyone is waiting on the next move by the Iranian regime. 

French philosopher and writer Bernard-Henri Lévy gave an interview to the publication Journal du Dimanche about the imminent execution news. He openly warned the Iranian regime about the repercussions of going through with such an act and swore to stand behind the Ashtiani campaign, even in the event that the Iranian regime actually executes her.

Additionally, in the blog post of Sakineh’s lawyer who fled Iran, Mohammad Mostafaie stated that, as far as he is concerned, a sentence of execution [by hanging] was never presented in Sakineh Ashtiani’s case. Mostafaei insists that the method of death issued to Ashtiani has always been stoning. In contrast to the facts, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivered false news at the NYC  UN General Assembly in September 2010, stating that the sentence of stoning never existed for Ashtiani.

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by yolanda on

Thank you for your blog! This latest development really has caught me off guard......I thought IRI will be too embarrassed to execute this lady.....I thought IRI still cares her image........I guess I am just too naive!

     I feel this whole case is like an emotional roller-coaster......I thought IRI will probably stop stoning anyone from now on......I never thought that IRI would dare to execute this lady after having gone thru world-wide negative publicity!

    I pray that this lady's life can be spared and her son will be released soon!

Thank you for your blog!