Iran hanged a woman on Saturday who was convicted of murdering a man she alleged was trying to rape her, drawing swift international condemnation for a prosecution several countries described as flawed. Reyhaneh Jabbari was hanged at dawn for premeditated murder, the official IRNA news agency reported. It quoted a statement issued by the Tehran Prosecutor Office Saturday that rejected the claim of attempted rape and said that all evidence proved that Jabbari had plotted to kill Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi, a former intelligence agent. advertisement The United Nations as well as Amnesty International and other human rights groups had called on Irans judiciary to halt the execution, which was carried out after the countrys Supreme Court upheld the verdict. The victims family could have saved Jabbaris life by accepting blood money but they refused to do so. According to her 2009 sentencing, Jabbari, 27, stabbed Sarbandi in the back in 2007 after purchasing a knife two days earlier. Britain, Germany, and a group of European parliamentarians, among others, condemned the execution, as did the United States. There were serious concerns with the fairness of the trial and the circumstances surrounding this case, including reports of confessions made under severe duress, State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement. GOLARA SAJADIEH / EPA Iranian Rayhaneh Jabbari takes the stand at her trial in Tehran in 2008. IN-DEPTH Iran Protest Demands End of Acid Attacks on Women Iranian Women Shed Headscarves in #MystealthyFreedom Womens movement played role in Iran protests — The Associated Press advertisement First published October 25th 2014, 4:42 pm
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