Five women facing execution
source: http://www.stophonourkillings.com/?name=Blogs&file=display&id=11
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According to the newspaper E'temad, at least two women are scheduled to be executed in Evin Prison in Tehran on 5 March. Three others are at risk of imminent execution. All five women were convicted of murdering their husbands and sentenced to qesas (retribution in kind). The Head of the Judiciary has the power to order a suspension of their executions at this stage-
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