Iran court sentences woman to hanging    Wed. 23 Nov 2005

 



Iran Focus

Tehran, Iran, Nov. 23 – Iran’s State Supreme Court upheld a death sentence against a woman, state dailies reported on Wednesday.

The unidentified woman was accused of murdering the son of her second husband.

An Islamic court in Tehran convicted her of murder last year and issued a sentence for her to be hanged.

She now faces imminent execution after the Supreme Court upheld the verdict.

 

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