27 year old Reyhaney Jabbari (pictured
above), was executed today October
25th by hanging in Iran 7 years after
she killed a man that she claimed had
attempted to rape her. Reyhaney was
sentenced to death in 2009 for the
stabbing death of Morteza Abdolali
Sarbandi, a former intelligence officer.
A court ruled that she killed Morteza on
purpose because she had bought the
knife two days before she stabbed him
in the back with it. In her defence,
Reyhaney said she'd stabbed the man
out of self defence. The court overruled
her claims and sentenced her to death,
a ruling which was upheld by Iran's
Supreme court.
The execution was carried out today
after the victim's family refused to
pardon Reyhaney or accept money from
her family. Many human rights bodies
including Amnesty International had
over the years called on Iran's judiciary
to halt the execution but they went
ahead with it. Her mother confirmed it,
saying Reyhaney was hanged in a Tehran
prison very early this morning.
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