TEHRAN, Iran – An Iranian semi-official news agency quotes a judicial official as leaving open the possibility of commuting the sentence of death by stoning against a woman convicted of adultery.
The stoning sentence against Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has drawn international condemnation and has been suspended for now.
The semi-official Fars news agency reported Sunday that judicial official Malek Ajdar Sharifi was asked whether the stoning sentence could be commuted and responded: "Anything is possible." Sharifi is the head of justice department of East Azerbaijan, the province where Ashtiani is imprisoned.
He said Ashtiani's case took a long time to decide because "there are some ambiguities in the evidence." - AP
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