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Vatican may seek clemency for Iranian woman sentenced to stoning
by Joseph Ernest September 6, 2010
Newscast Media -- The press has been assured by The Vatican that "the Holy See" is following the case of the Iranian woman who was sentenced to death by stoning.
Rev Federico Lombardi, the director of the Vatican's press office said, "When the Holy See is asked, in an appropriate way to intervene in humanitarian issues with the authorities of other countries, as it has happened many times in the past, it does so not in a public way , but through its own diplomatic channels."
The Vatican has voiced the Church's opposition of the death penalty especially stoning which it considers a brutal aspect of it.
Four years ago, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani was convicted of adultery four years ago after having pled to the crime of "illicit relationship" with two men, though the incident occurred after the death of her husband. The mother of two later retracted her confession to the crime, claiming it was made under duress and that she does not speak Farsi, but instead only Azeri, an Azerbaijani language more closely related to Turkish.
After an international outcry about the nature of punishment, the Iranian government put the sentence on hold, but Ashtiani's lawyer believes she could be stoned anytime soon. Add Comments>>
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