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Iran Focus
 Tehran, Iran, Oct. 15
– A court in Iran
sentenced a woman to death by stoning for adultery and an Afghan man to execution
and 100 lashes on charges of murder, a state-run daily reported on
Saturday.
The woman, identified by her first name Soqra,
was accused of adultery and aiding the Afghan man, identified as Alireza, in the murder of her husband, also from Afghanistan.
Soqra maintained her innocence throughout the
trial, according to the daily Etemaad.
A Tehran
court sentenced Soqra to be stoned to death for
adultery and she also received a 15-year jail sentence for her part in the
murder, while, Alireza was sentenced to death for
the murder and to 100 lashes for adultery, while, Etemaad
reported.
Her son testified that he had witnessed the Afghan man commit the murder.
Soqra had said that her parents had forced her to
marry an Afghan man against her will. The pair had two children and Soqra said that her husband beat her repeatedly.
Alireza was found guilty of stabbing to death Soqra’s husband. The two ran away from Tehran to the central city of Isfahan after
the murder, but were arrested several days later.
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