The UN Human Rights Council took the rare step yesterday of appointing a special investigator to examine human rights abuses in Iran.
The move came as unconfirmed reports circulated that the Iranian Supreme Court had upheld the judgment against Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the woman sentenced to death by stoning for alleged adultery.
Ms Ashtiani is said to have attempted suicide when she heard the news, slashing her wrists with a shard of glass in her cell in Tabriz.
Legal sources inside Iran said Ms Ashtiani's jailed lawyer, Javid Houtan Kian, could also face the death penalty. In a letter smuggled out of Tabriz prison and passed to the International Committee Against Stoning, Mr Kian alleged he had been tortured. Sources in Iran believe the letter is genuine.
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Majid Tavakoli: Prisoner of the day | Iterview with mother | Dec 02 |
احسان نراقی: جامعه شناس و نویسنده ۱۳۰۵-۱۳۹۱ | Dec 02 | |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Prisoner of the day | 46 days on hunger strike | Dec 01 |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Graffiti | In Barcelona | Nov 30 |
گوهر عشقی: مادر ستار بهشتی | Nov 30 | |
Abdollah Momeni: Prisoner of the day | Activist denied leave and family visits for 1.5 years | Nov 30 |
محمد کلالی: یکی از حمله کنندگان به سفارت ایران در برلین | Nov 29 | |
Habibollah Golparipour: Prisoner of the day | Kurdish Activist on Death Row | Nov 28 |
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by yolanda on Fri Mar 25, 2011 09:09 PM PDTIRI is savage!
Seyed Mohammad Reza Sajjadi, Iran's UN ambassador, said his country had an "inherent, genuine and deeply-rooted" respect for human rights.
I can't believe my ears and eyes!