Search results for ‘Ashtiani’
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Iran stoning: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani ‘freed’
Iran has freed a woman who was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery along with her son, according to a German-based campaign group.
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Iran stoning woman ‘confession’, not freedom
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, sentenced to death by stoning in Iran, may not be freed and will instead “confess” on state TV – an “outrageous” development, Amnesty International tells Channel 4 News.
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Iran stoning: TV confession criticised
A TV confession by Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, who faces death by stoning in Iran, has been criticised by human rights groups. There is also concern that another one of her lawyers has been arrested.
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Iran stoning film highlights ‘barbaric’ punishment
As a new film is released about a woman stoned to death in Iran, its director tells Channel 4 News why he hopes it becomes a call to action to help Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani
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Iranian President Ahmadinejad: future is Iran
As Iranian President Ahmadinejad dodges questions about the remaining US hikers held in Tehran, Lindsey Hilsum asks if he can deflect attention from the opposition movement within his own regime?
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Row over stoning of Iranian woman
The story of a woman sentenced to death by stoning in Iran has sparked international outrage. Channel 4 News speaks to campaigners and explains the laws surrounding a “medieval punishment”.
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Stoning: victims, survivors and the condemned
International pressure has saved one woman in Iran from being stoned to death but at least 10 people are still facing the cruel punishment, Channel 4 News discovers.
