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Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani (Persian: سکینه محمدی آشتیانی; born 1967) is an Iranian woman convicted of conspiracy to commit murder and adultery.She gained international notoriety for originally being sentenced to death by stoning for her crimes.
Iranian courts halted the execution of Shahla Jahed when the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani became public [citation needed]. Jahed was executed on 1 December 2010 at 5am local time at the Evin Prison, north of Tehran. [2] [3] The victim's brother was allowed to pull the stool from under her feet. [2]
Marcus Hellwig. Marcus Hellwig (born 26 November 1965 in Wuppertal) is a German journalist working for the weekly BILD am Sonntag.In October 2010 he was arrested together with his partner Jens Koch in Iran after trying to interview death row prisoner Sakineh Ashtiani’s son, and was held in prison for nearly five months.
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Mostafaei became widely known for his work on human rights cases specially on death penalty and stoning cases in Iran and defense of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a woman condemned to death by stoning for adultery. He wrote a series of blog posts on her case, attracting international attention and protest. [4]
Koch and Hellwig arrived to Iran in October 2010 with a tourist VISA. The next day, while they were in Tabriz interviewing Sadjad Qaderzadeh (Ashtiani's son) Iranian authorities arrested the two reporters. Sadjad Qaderzadeh and his lawyer were also arrested at the scene. [3]