Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani

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...

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...

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...

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...