In Brief: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani will not be stoned to death – for now

July 12, 2010 | Filed under: In Brief | Posted by:

Malek Ajdar Sharifi, the senior judicial official in East Azerbaijan province, where the mother-of-two was convicted, told the Irna state news agency yesterday the sentence “will not be implemented for the time being.”

Ajdar Sharifi added that the sentence would still be carried out if the judiciary wanted, despite protests from the west. Mohammadi Ashtiani's crimes were “various and very serious” and not limited to adultery, he insisted.

“Whenever the judiciary chief [Sadeq Larijani] deems it expedient, the verdict will be carried out regardless of western media propaganda,” the official said.

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