Stoning of Iranian woman `barbaric`: EU

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 09:42

European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said he was "appalled" to learn of the sentencing to death by stoning of a 43-year-old Iranian woman and called it "barbaric beyond words".

Iran says woman`s stoning sentence still stayed

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 7, 2010, 23:34

Iran said that a sentence of death by stoning against a woman convicted of adultery that has sparked an international outcry remained stayed.

Iranian woman could be stoned soon: Lawyer

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 7, 2010, 10:23

The Iranian woman`s stoning sentence could be executed after the end of holy month of Ramadan.

Iran says no final decision taken on woman`s stoning

Last Updated: Saturday, August 28, 2010, 17:17

A 43-year-old mother of two, was sentenced to death after court found her guilty of adultery.

Amnesty condemns Taliban executions by stoning

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 17, 2010, 16:18

Human rights group Amnesty International has condemned the execution by stoning of a young couple by Taliban in Afghanistan describing it as a heinous crime.

Karzai condemns stoning of Afghan couple

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 17, 2010, 16:16

Afghan President Hamid Karzai Tuesday condemned as "unforgivable" the stoning to death of a young couple by the Taliban which evoked memories of their repressive Islamist regime.

Stay out of woman`s stoning case: Iran tells West

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 17, 2010, 14:22

Iran told Western nations on Tuesday to stay out of the case of a woman who faces death by stoning.

Afghan couple `stoned to death` over love affair

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 17, 2010, 00:14

Taliban militants stoned a young couple to death for adultery after they ran away from their families in northern Afghanistan, officials said today.

Iran stoning case lawyer seeking asylum in Norway

Last Updated: Monday, August 9, 2010, 00:08

The lawyer defending a woman sentenced to death by stoning in Iran said on Sunday that he has applied for asylum in Norway, but hopes Iranian authorities will allow him eventually to return to his practice.