Ashraf Kalhori, a woman convicted of adultry, is at imminent risk of execution in Iran

Iran Human Rights, February 23: One woman is at imminent risk of execution in Iran. According to the Iranian daily newspaper Etemad, the woman who is identified as Ashraf, is convicted of adultry and her death sentence could be carried out in very near future.

Shadi Sadr, Ashraf’s lawyer, told the newspaper that Ashraf’s execution was halted in 2006, and we were hoping that she will be pardoned, but we have now been informed that she will be among the first groups being executed in Tehran.

According to our sources, the woman is Ashraf Kalhori who was sentenced to death by stoning and whose stoning sentence received much attention in 2006.