Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani is an Iranian Azeri woman who has been convicted of murder and adultery. She has been on death row in Iran since 2006. Her controversial case became internationally known in 2010 after high profile reports that she was convicted for the crime of adultery and sentenced to execution by stoning. Following these reports, the Iranian embassy in London denied Ashtiani will be stoned to death.^[1] An international campaign started by her children has sought aid in overturning her sentence and brought attention to her case. On September 8, 2010, an Iranian foreign ministry official confirmed that the sentence of stoning against her was suspended, though she still faced death by hanging or a prison term for charges pending against her.