Iran stoning sentence for adultery draws outrage
By RAPHAEL G. SATTER – 9 hours ago
LONDON — The case of an Iranian woman who faces death by stoning is drawing international outrage after her lawyer’s blog posts sparked a global campaign to save her life.
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s face, framed in a black chador, stared from the front page of The Times of London on Thursday, while The Guardian newspaper has carried an interview with Ashtiani’s children — 22-year-old Sajad and 17-year-old Farideh — who described the sentence as a nightmare. Protests are planned in front of the Iranian Embassy over the weekend.