An Iranian woman is to be given 100 lashes and then buried up to her breasts and then stoned to death tomorrow unless we and amnesty international can stop this!(amnesty have been very successful in the past!)

the original date set for this was 21st december(Tomorrow!)

An Iranian woman charged with adultery faces death by stoning tomorrow after her death sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court last month. Her unnamed co-defendant is at risk of imminent execution by hanging. Amnesty International members are now writing urgent appeals to the Iranian authorities, calling for the execution to be stopped.

please join this appeal and go to the www.amnesty.org.uk
for all the information!

Recommended Action

Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible, in Persian, English, French or your own language:

stating your unconditional opposition to the death penalty, as the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment and violation of the right to life;

expressing concern that Hajieh Esmailvand is reportedly facing imminent execution by stoning for adultery;

asking for the trial details of the case against Hajieh Esmailvand, including details of any appeals against her convictions to be made public;

urging that the death sentence against Hajieh Esmailvand be commuted immediately;

seeking clarification about the status of the moratorium on stoning reportedly ordered by His Excellency Ayatollah Shahroudi in December 2002;

expressing concern at reports that the unnamed co-defendant of Hajieh Esmailvand has been sentenced to death for an offence committed when he was a 17 year old minor;

asking for details of the exact charges against the unnamed individual, including details of any appeals against his convictions to be made public;

urging that the death sentence against him be commuted immediately;

expressing concern and dismay that Amnesty International has recorded 10 executions of child offenders in Iran since 1990, three of them in 2004, and calling on the Iranian authorities to immediately halt further executions of child offenders and to pass legislation removing the provision for the execution of child offenders, thereby bringing Iran into line with its obligations under international law.

b>Leader of the Islamic Republic His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed 'Ali Khamenei The Presidency,
Palestine Avenue,
Azerbaijan Intersection,
Tehran,
Islamic Republic of Iran

Fax: 00 98 21 649 5880 (please mark 'For the attention of the Office of His Excellency, Ayatollah al Udhma Khamenei, Qom)

[Salutation: Your Excellency]

Head of the Judiciary
His Excellency Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Ministry of Justice,
Park-e Shahr,
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Email: irj...@iranjudiciary.org (mark 'Please forward to HE Ayatollah Shahroudi')
[Salutation: Your Excellency]

Please send copies of your appeals to:

His Excellency Mr Morteza Sarmadi,
Embassy of Islamic Republic of Iran,
16 Prince's Gate,
London
SW7 1PT

Fax: 020 7589 4440

AND, IF POSSIBLE, TO THE FOLLOWING:

Centre for Women's Participation
Dr Zahra Shojaei
Head of the Centre of Women's Participation and Advisor to the President
128 Shaheed Labbafi Nejad Street
Tehran 13156,
Islamic Republic of Iran

Fax: 00 98 21 640 3038 Email: c...@women.org.ir (please mark for the attention of Dr Zahra Shojaei)

PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY – APPEALS MUST ARRIVE BY 21 DECEMBER

more info here:
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news/press/15825.shtml

PLEASE FORWARD AS WIDELY AND QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.