Iran: Woman may face imminent execution by stoning

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Index Number: MDE 13/110/2009
Date Published: 21 October 2009
Categories: Iran

Kobra Babaei, an Iranian woman, is feared to be at imminent risk of stoning to death after her husband Rahim Mohammadi was hanged for “sodomy” on 5 October. The Iranian authorities did not inform Rahim Mohammadi’s lawyer that he was about to be executed, as is required by law.