Stop Execution by Stoning of Two Women in Iran

May 10, 2002

Amnesty International

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Ayatollah Sayed 'Ali Khamenei
Leader of the Islamic Republic
The Presidency
Palestine Avenue
Axerbaijan Intersection
Tehran, Iran


Your Excellency
 

I am extremely concerned by today's news that Iran plans to stone two women: Ferdows B. and Sima. I believe that death by stoning is particularly hideous and surely violates Iran's obligation not to inflict inhumane or degrading treatment on prisoners.

I understand the need for Iran to maintain law and order in society and Iranian officials' efforts to support Islam, but I respectfully ask your prompt and compassionate intervention on behalf of Ferdows B and Sima. Personally, I cannot comprehend the horror of stoning and plead with authorities to abolish this practice in Iran.

I believe that justice demands that the lives of both Sima and Ferdows B be spared and that no one in Iran or anywhere should suffer the agony of death by stoning. I believe it is imperative that clear-minded leaders in Iran call a halt to a practice that brutalizes and traumatizes all particpants, their families, and the general public.