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Today’s Lady News: Iranian Woman Might Be Hanged Instead Of Stoned To Death

Jessica WakemanDecember 27, 2011 //
  • Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman who was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, may be hanged instead. She was allegedly complicit with her lover in murdering her husband, although her supporters say she was forced to confess under duress. Ashtiani, a mother of two, has been imprisoned since 2006 and her impending death sentence attracted international outcries accusing Iran of human rights abuse. The prison where Ashtiani is held claims the stoning may not be carried out because it lacks the necessary facilities. [Guardian UK]
  • Slate.com’s review of “The Iron Lady” is rather scathing. My review is heaping cupfuls less vitrolic. [Slate.com]
  • Two black women were found dead in Detroit, just one week after two other black women were killed. All the women have been linked to escort services on Backpage.com. For some reason, cops are not yet attributing the murders to a serial killer. [Madame Noire] 
  • The New Yorker profiled Carrie Brownstein of the show “Portlandia” and formerly of the band Sleater-Kinney. [The New Yorker] Keep reading »

Carla Bruni Told She “Deserves To Die” For Supporting Iranian Woman Sentenced For Adultery

Jessica WakemanSeptember 3, 2010 //

Avid readers of Today’s Lady News have no doubt been following the story of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old Iranian woman who has been sentenced to death for adultery. Ashtiani is accused of cheating on her husband and then conspiring to have him killed; she was sentenced to 99 lashes, which she’s received, and death by stoning. After an international outcry that death by stoning was too cruel, Iran changed the sentence to death by hanging. However, her lawyer also fled Iran to Norway in fear when he learned the government planned to arrest him.

Carla Bruni, the First Lady of France and a musician/model/actress who was known for her colorful sexual escapades before she married President Nicolas Sarkozy, has spoken up for Ashtiani and said no one should be murdered for their sexual behavior. Earlier this week, a state-run newspaper in Iran called Bruni a “prostitute” and then said she “deserves to die” for supporting an “adulteress.” Keep reading »

Did Lindsay Lohan Compare Herself To An Iranian Woman About To Be Stoned To Death?

Amelia McDonell-ParryJuly 8, 2010 //

Because bawling in court wasn’t enough, Lindsay Lohan took to Twitter last night to complain about her 90-day prison sentence. Quoting from the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Lohan clearly seems to think spending three months in the pokey is cruel and inhuman punishment. But then she linked to a Newsweek story about Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman who is set to be stoned to death, and asked her followers to retweet. Keep reading »