An Iranian woman, Reyhaneh Jabbari, who was charged with the murder of man who attempted to rape her, has been executed. Jabbari was arrested in 2007 for the killing of Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi, a former employee of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence who she claimed tried to sexually abuse her.She was first sentenced to death by a Tehran court in 2009 and her execution verdict was upheld by Iran’s Supreme Court, but following an international petition for her release, the execution was postponed several times. In spite of the worldwide campaign, Jabbari’s mother, Shole Pakravan revealed to BBC, that her daughter was hanged in a Tehran prison on Saturday, 25 October.
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