27 year old Reyhaney Jabbari (pictured above), was executed today
October 25th by hanging in Iran 7 years after she killed a man that she
claimed had attempted to rape her.Reyhaney was sentenced to death in
2009 for the stabbing death of Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi, a former
intelligence officer.
A court ruled that she killed Morteza on purpose because she had bought
the knife two days before she stabbed him in the back with it. In her
defence,
Reyhaney said she'd stabbed the man out of self defence. The
court overruled her claims and sentenced her to death, a ruling which
was upheld by Iran's Supreme court.
The execution was carried out today
after the victim's family refused to pardon Reyhaney or accept money
from her family. Many
human rights bodies including Amnesty International had over the years
called on Iran's judiciary to halt the execution but they went ahead
with it. Her mother confirmed it, saying Reyhaney was hanged in a Tehran
prison very early this morning.
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