URGENT: AN IRANIAN WOMAN , FATEME PAJOUH, IS AT IMMINENT RISK OF EXECUTION

Nov. 24, 2008, 4:53 p.m.

Iran Human Rights, November 24: According to news from reliable sources in Iran Fatemeh Pajouh, a 37 years old woman prisoner, is at imminent risk of execution.

Several prisoners including have been transferred to solitary confinement at the Evin prison for execution on Wednesday November 26.

Human rights defender and journalist Asieh Amini, wrote in her weblog Varesh, that according to people close to Fatemeh Pajouh, she is among prisoners who have been transferred to solitary confinement for execution on Wednesday.

Fatemeh (Haghighat) Pajouh is convicted of murdering her husband, who allegedly tried to rape her 15 years old daughter from a previous marriage. The court sentenced he to death without taking into considerations the circumstances under which the murder took place.

She has been in jail at least in 7 years, and human rights organizations have previously issued urgent actions for her.