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IRAN·DEATH PENALTY·NOVEMBER 23, 2005·1 MIN READ

IRAN. SUPREME COURT SENTENCES WOMAN TO HANGING

Iran’s State Supreme Court upheld a death sentence against a woman, state dailies reported.

Iran’s State Supreme Court upheld a death sentence against a woman, state dailies reported.
The unidentified woman was accused of murdering the son of her second husband.
An Islamic court in Tehran convicted her of murder last year and issued a sentence for her to be hanged.
She now faces imminent execution after the Supreme Court upheld the verdict.
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  • (Sources: Iran Focus, 23/11/2005)