Iran airs new confession by woman in stoning case
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery confessed to helping a man kill her husband and re-enacted the alleged crime in an interview broadcast Friday by Iranian state television – an apparent effort by the government to deflect international criticism over the case. It was the fourth time Sakineh Mohammedi Ashtiani has been shown on TV as Tehran has faced an international outcry over the announcement that she would be stoned to death, the latest source of friction between Iran and the West. Authorities announced her conviction in the murder case only after the uproar over the stoning sentence erupted last summer, and her lawyer – who has since been…
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Iran airs new confession by woman in stoning case
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