Iran TV airs 'confession' from woman facing stoning

[Jeffersons Ghost]

Iranian state TV has aired what it says is a confession by a woman under threat of being stoned to death for adultery.

In the interview shown on Wednesday, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani purportedly admits conspiring to murder her husband in 2005 and denounces her lawyer.

After an international outcry, Iranian officials temporarily halted her stoning sentence last month, but there are fears she will now be hanged. The 43-year-old had said she was forced to confess to the charges of adultery.

In May 2006, a criminal court in East Azerbaijan province found Ms Ashtiani guilty of having had an "illicit relationship" with two men following the death of her husband. She was given 99 lashes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10949629

[Jeffersons Ghost]

1. quick board right now

:kick:

[burnsei sensei]

2. Just like Nineteen-Eighty-Four.

I was a thoughtcriminal.
I had an affair with Goldstein.
I did x, y, z, and b with him.
I am a pervert, religiously, ideologically, sexually.
I deserve everything the generous state is giving me.

[blondeatlast]

3. Odd that they obscured teh woman's face.I think Iran shares its PR department with BP.

I'm not buying a word of Iran's spin.

[Turborama]

4. K&R Guardian article on this in LBN...

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani (Iranian woman facing stoning) 'confesses' to murder on Iran state TV
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