Save Shahla Jahed From Hanging!

Shahla Jahed is at risk of imminent execution!

Shahla Jahed

For the third time in a row the Supreme Court has confirmed her death penalty. Her life is in danger

Background Information

 Shahla Jahed, a "temporary" wife of Nasser Mohammad-Khani, a former striker for the Iranian national football team and former manager of a team in Tehran, is facing imminent execution in Iran after the Supreme Court reportedly maintained her death sentence for the second time. Shahla Jahed stands accused of stabbing to death Laleh Saharkhizan, her husband's "permanent" wife, on 9 October 2002. She may have been coerced into confessing to the murder  

Shahla Jahed was initially sentenced to death by hanging in June 2004. An appeal by her relatives was rejected and the judges of the Supreme Court upheld the sentence. Shahla Jahed's lawyer reportedly wrote a letter to the Head of the Judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, requesting a review of the execution order in view of the fact that Shahla Jahed's case had not been properly investigated. In November 2005 the Head of the Judiciary reportedly ordered a stay of execution so that the case could be re-examined. On 11 September 2006, the judges of Branch Seven of the Supreme Court reportedly upheld Shahla Jahed's death sentence by a majority vote

Her lawyer reportedly confirmed that the Supreme Court's ruling had been written and endorsed and that both Shahla Jahed and the family of Laleh Saharkhizan would be formally informed of the decision on 13 September. Under Iranian law, men and women can have both "permanent" and "temporary"

 marriages. In a temporary marriage, men and women can commit to be married for a certain period of time, after which the marriage is null and void. (Background Information is from Amnesty

Shahla Jahed is now all alone facing her death penalty and needs your help. Please help us to save her life.

THE INTERNATIONAL COMIMITTEE AGAINST EXECUTION

08.07.2007

manochermasori@yahoo.com

Tel:0046704917494

www.adpi.net