Amnesty International: Iranian women at risk of execution by stoning

Amnesty International: Iranian women at risk of execution by stoning -

Parisa Akbari was arrested in April 2004, while working as a prostitute in the city of Shiraz in southern Iran. She confessed to the charge of adultery during the preliminary investigations, claiming that she had been forced into prostitution by her husband due to the family’s poverty. 9/28/