FEAR FOR IRANIAN WOMAN FACING DEATH BY STONING

women's rights activist Soheila Vahdati told Radio Farda that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani's execution may be imminent. Ashtiani, who has two children, has been imprisoned in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz since 2005. Vahdati says Sakineh was earlier sentenced to 99 lashes in 2006 for having "illicit relationships" and her case was closed. But authorities later charged Ashtiani with the murder of her husband.