Sakineh

• Iran to air new footage of woman in stoning case

  Iran's state TV said on Friday it will air new footage of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, the latest in state-orchestrated broadcasts on a case that has raised an international outcry.The English-language Press TV said the footage will be aired late today and that it will show Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani at her home in n...

• Was Iranian woman lashed over wrong photo?

  A mix-up over a photograph led to a sentence of 99 lashes for the Iranian woman whose earlier death sentence by stoning from Iranian authorities caused an international outcry, a lawyer for the woman said Sunday.The lashing of the woman, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, 43, was carried out in the northern Iran prison where she is being held, according t...

• Carla Bruni against 'death for adultery' decision in Iran

  It's a battle between France's first lady Carla Bruni and Iran's hardline regime over her condemning Iran's decision to stone a woman named Sakineh Mohammedi Oshtiani to death for adultery has caught the world's attention."Depraved", "promiscuous", "a prostitute who deserves to die" - the Iranian media hit out at Carla Bruni Sarkozy after she joine...