Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani

TEHRAN, Iran -- Authorities in Iran said Sunday they are again moving ahead with plans to execute a woman sentenced to death by stoning on an adultery...

TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian woman convicted of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning has been allowed to briefly leave the prison for her mot...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian authorities have unleashed an "execution binge" with an average rate of one person hanged every eight hour...

TEHRAN, Iran — Authorities reviewing a death by stoning sentence against an Iranian woman convicted of adultery could still halt the punishment,...

What is the meaning of this mystery of iniquity that makes of a simple being, innocent in every sense of the word, the stakes of a global arm-wrestling match?

Does no journalist at Press TV question or get to question the journalistic ethics of taking a person condemned to death and inviting them to incriminate themselves in a crime for which they have already been convicted?

The Sakineh confession broadcast on Saturday is the new episode of the strange "reality" show that the Iranian regime has staged around her case. For those of you who would like to get to the bottom of this situation, I have some advice: stick to the basics.

Photos of Sakineh in her home circulated yesterday, giving some of us a premature sensation of relief. But anyone with knowledge of legal procedures will not be fooled by this show of strength from a powerful and brutal state.

UPDATE: Iran state television now denies that Ashtiani has been released. Developing... * * * * * Iran has reportedly freed Sakineh Mohammadi As...

Iranian women have once more become the standard by which degrees of freedom can be measured. Their resistance will not only shape Iran's future, but have far-reaching effects on Muslim countries and the way Islam is defined.

A growing offensive of promoting German-Iran relations is undercutting hard-won gains in the cooperative EU and U.S. effort to isolate Iran's government via sanctions.

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian state television has broadcast a purported statement by an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in wh...

We are now nearing the moment when, from little arrangements to great back-downs, from cultural concessions to totalitarian power grabs, the United Nations institution itself will be ready for the scrap heap.

Sajjad Ghaderzah, 22, the son of Sakineh Ashtiani, an Iranian woman the regime has sentenced to death by stoning, has been "severely tortured" and rem...

TBILISI, Georgia — Iran's foreign minister said Wednesday that no final decision has been made about a woman who could be stoned to death for ad...

And so Iran is backing down. The Islamic Republic does it in its own way, tortuously, but it is backing down -- a fact made evident this morning in two announcements by officials from Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

This Tuesday, November 2nd, the news came through the Iranian networks and then the international press agencies: The execution of Sakineh could be carried out in short time.

Sajjad, Sakineh's son, has been fighting for months to have his mother's innocence recognized and to spare her the death by stoning to which she has been condemned by the Iranian government.

Caught in the crossfire of this battle for hearts and minds waged in the most paternalistic and patriarchic of ways, women are seen invariably as victims.

For those following the idiotic allegations that Sharia is creeping into American society and wonder who speaks for Islam, I think the answer is obvious. Western extremists are now the new hijackers of Islam.

BERLIN — The international outcry over the death sentence against an Iranian woman convicted of adultery might be enough to save her from execut...

Upholding human rights is not "meddling" in another country's internal affairs. It is a universal responsibility, especially when the Iranian people have been demanding it themselves, sacrificing their freedom and their lives for it.

Sajjad, the son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, was arrested three days ago in the office of her attorney, Houtan Khian, who was detained as well -- and scarcely anyone is talking about it.