AI Urgent Action - Raheleh Zamani

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Head of the Judiciary Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi

I urge you to commute the death sentence of Raheleh Zamani, whose execution is now scheduled for around January 2, 2008 after it was postponed on December 19, 2007. Raheleh Zamani was sentenced to death in October, 2005 for the killing of her husband. She is also the mother of two children, aged five and three.

I urge you to bring Iranian legislation in line with your international human rights obligations, so that people sentenced to death for murder have the right to seek pardon or commutation of their sentence from the state. The details of Raheleh Zamani’s trial and any appeals, including how the judge determined that she had committed pre-meditated murder, must be made public. I also ask for clarification of reports that her execution has been postponed to allow her to raise the money needed for the payment of diyeh.

I recognize that the government of Iran has a right and a duty to bring to justice those suspected of criminal offenses, but I must state for the record my unconditional opposition to the death penalty, as the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment and violation of the right to life. Please do everything in your power to prevent this most egregious offense, and commute the death sentence of Raheleh Zamani.

Sincerely, L.____Z______
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With a Copy to:Iranian Interests Section
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei
Director, Human Rights Headquarters of Iran Mohammad Javad Larijani