At least 10 people are in danger of "death by stoning" in Iran

Jan. 11, 2009, 11:14 a.m.

Iran Human Rights, January 11: Following the news of last month’s stonings in Mashad, Stop Stoning Sorever Campaign expressed its concern over the possibility of implementation of new stoning verdicts in Iran.

According to this group there are at least 10 people in the Iranian prisons who are in danger of being stoned to death:

1. Kobra Najjar, imprisoned in Reja’i-shahr- Karaj

2. Iran A., imprisoned in Sepidar Prison- Ahvaz

3. Kheirieh V., imprisoned in Sepidar Prison- Ahvaz

4. Ashraf Kalhori, imprisoned in Evin Prison-Tehran

5. Abdollah Farivar, imprisoned -Sari Prison

6. Ghilan Mohammadi, imprisoned in Central Prison -Isfahan

7. Gholamali Eskendari, imprisoned in Central Prison - Isfahan

8. Afsaneh R., imprisoned in In ‘Adel Abad Prison -Shiraz

9. The woman M.J., imprisoned in Vakil Abad Prison - Mashhad

10. The woman H. Imprisoned in Vakil Abad Prison - Mashhad

To read the press release click here.