{"id":447,"date":"2010-08-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/communitynews\/2010\/08\/iranian-womans-tv-confession-q.html"},"modified":"2010-08-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-14T00:00:00","slug":"iranian-womans-tv-confession-q","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/communitynews\/2010\/08\/iranian-womans-tv-confession-q.html","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Woman&#8217;s &#8216;Confession&#8217; Questionable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, the Iranian woman who faced <a href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/go\/thread\/view\/44011\/25319293\/Iranian_woman_convicted_of_adultery_faces_death_by_stoning\">stoning to death<\/a> for adultery <a href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/go\/thread\/view\/59723\/25600561\/Iranian_woman_sentenced_to_death_by_stoning_denounces_her_lawyer#461571369\">denounced her lawyer<\/a> and confessed to adultery and being an accomplice to her husband&#8217;s killing. But her lawyer and human rights groups assert the mother of two was coerced to make these statements that aired on state television.<br \/>\nIn 2006, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani was convicted of having an &#8220;illicit relationship&#8221; with two men after her husband died. She was sentenced to 99 lashes and later convicted of adultery and sentenced to be <a href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/go\/thread\/view\/44011\/25319293\/Iranian_woman_convicted_of_adultery_faces_death_by_stoning\">stoned<\/a>. She was also convicted of helping murder her husband.<br \/>\n&#8220;Last month, Iran suspended the stoning sentence temporarily after international outrage over the brutality of the punishment,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.voanews.com\/english\/news\/middle-east\/Iranian-Woman-Condemned-to-Stoning-Death-Allegedly-Confesses-to-Adultery-100563959.html\">Voice of America reported<\/a> Thursday. &#8220;But an Iranian TV broadcast Ashtiani&#8217;s alleged confession late Wednesday, in which she admitted to a sexual affair. She described in her native Azeri dialect, which was translated in Farsi, how she and her lover killed her husband.&#8221;<br \/>\nPost your thoughts about Ashtiani&#8217;s plight and learn more about<a href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/go\/thread\/view\/44061\/25435645\/Link_to_petition:_Free_Sakineh?post_id=461489933#461489933\"> a petition<\/a> to help her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, the Iranian woman who faced stoning to death for adultery denounced her lawyer and confessed to adultery and being an accomplice to her husband&#8217;s killing. But her lawyer and human rights groups assert the mother of two was coerced to make these statements that aired on state television. 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