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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