Amnesty Internatioanl, 29 Sep 2014 – Iranian authorities have today confirmed that a woman convicted of killing a man whom she said tried to abuse her will be hanged Tuesday morning at a prison west of Tehran, Amnesty International learned.
Reyhaneh Jabbari was sentenced to death in 2009 after a deeply flawed investigation and trial which failed to examine all of the evidence.
“This abhorrent execution must not be allowed to take place, particularly when there are serious doubts about the circumstances of the killing,” said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Middle East and North Africa Deputy Director at Amnesty International.