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Iran on Wednesday hanged a former soccer player's mistress who was convicted of murdering her love rival, the player's wife, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Shahla Jahed was hanged after spending more than eight years in jail, IRNA said, in a case that has captivated the Iranian public for several years.
Jahed had become what is known as a "temporary wife" of former soccer star Nasser Mohammad Khani. She was charged in 2002 with stabbing to death Laleh Saharkhizan, the player's wife, and convicted of murder in 2004 and again in 2009, after her appeal was denied.
Contracts with "temporary wives" are a legal way for Iranian men to have mistresses outside marriage, with the agreements lasting from between several hours to a few years.
Wednesday's death sentence was based on the Islamic law of "qisas" - or eye for an eye retribution.
International human rights groups, including Amnesty International, had campaigned for Jahed's punishment to be halted.
The IRNA report said that just before the hanging at Tehran's Evin prison, the 40-year-old Jahed prayed peacefully, then burst into tears and cries, shouting for her life to be spared.
The victim's son pulled the chair from under her feet as Jahed gasped for breath in the remaining moments of her life, the khabaronline.ir news website said. The former soccer striker, Khani, also attended the hanging.
The reports also said that judiciary officials spent almost an hour in talks with Saharkhizan's family before the hanging, trying to convince them to spare Jahed's life but were unsuccessful.
Prominent artists and respected cultural figures in Iran have also for years appealed to the victim's family to show mercy.
Under Iranian law, men and women can commit to a "temporary marriage" for an agreed period of time after a certain amount of money is paid to the woman.
In Iran, men are allowed up to four legal wives under Islam and any number of temporary wives. Women can only be married to one man at a time.
Jahed initially denied any involvement in Saharkhizan's killing but later confessed to the stabbing, only to subsequently withdraw the confession. Several Iranian experts have said she may have been wrongfully convicted.
Murder, rape, armed robbery, kidnapping and drug trafficking are crimes punishable with the death penalty in Iran.Copyright © 2011 Yahoo!7
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5 Comments
And we are encouraging these people to migrate here?
ReplyI agree totally with you PAL
ReplyIslam is a joke. One Islamic man says to another Islamic man, "Wouldn't it be great if we could commit adultery but not get stoned to death for it!". The other Islamic man says, "Maybe we could call them Temporary Wives and pay them. Then make up a law to make it legal." In the Western civilisation we just call it prostitution.
ReplyThese sure are controversial marital contract laws [& that's putting it LIGHTLY], nonetheless they are not to blame for the act of revenge. Don't forget, the act of eliminating a 'romantic rival' by murdering them happens in Western countries too, including women culprits, regardless of the vast differences in our marital contract laws, the difference is we don't put them to death for it.
ReplySharia law - this is what the world needs, laws that permit men to commit adultery while the women involved are stoned. Men to have temporary wives and the unfaithful women hanged. Great, just great. Australia needs more of these guys who will definitely establish these jungle laws. Mark you, they will not seek refuge in their own arab states; oh no, the western world must take them in and then change their ways to suit sharia law. Australia is getting there - eeaaah
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