The son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, has written an open letter to human rights activists.
Sajjad Ghaderzadeh also expressed concern about the possibility of a setup in which evidence had been planted and files were altered.
He provided the letter to Rooz for publication.
In it, he asked, "Why do they extract false confessions from my mother by force and broadcast them? Why have they prevented my mother from seeing her attorney or us since then? Is it not because signs of torture are still visible on her body and they do not want any witnesses? Are they delaying visitations until the signs are healed? Why do they plant false evidence against my mother? Why do they open a case that was previously closed? Why have my father’s murder files gone missing? Why do they not allow my mother’s case to proceed normally like any another case?"
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has been in a Tabriz prison since 2006.
Source: Rooz, September 1, 2010
