The BBC website reports today (July 11, 2010) that authorities in Iran have announced that a woman convicted of adultery will not be stoned to death.
However, it is not clear whether they have lifted the death sentence against Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiana, who has been in prison in Tabriz since 2006.
The 43-year-old woman had already been punished with flogging for an "illicit relationship" outside marriage when another court tried her for adultery.
Under Islamic law in Iran, sex before marriage is punishable by 100 lashes, but married offenders are sentenced to death by stoning.
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