Iran must halt imminent execution of 26-year-old woman

Headline Title: Iran must halt imminent execution of 26-year-old woman 29 September 2014 Iranian authorities have today confirmed that a woman convicted of killing a man whom she said tried to sexually abuse her will be hanged tomorrow morning at a prison west of Tehran, Amnesty International said.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…

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