Sept 28, 2010
English translation copy of Ms Ashtiani’s official judgment of stoning, which proves Ahamadinejad was lying, follows.
Note the IRI didn’t even bother to make up the names of the men she was allegedly having adulterous sex with, they mention “evidences” when there was none and the 2 dissenting judges point out she has already received punishment and can’t be tried twice.
And the two judges – KAZEMI and HAMDOLLAHI - who ruled the prosecution had no legal justification for the case are going to let a woman they know is completely innocent be murdered.
Translated and provided by the International Committee Against Stoning.
[all emphasis added]
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The Judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran
JUDGMENT
Judgement ref no. 38 – 85/6/19
[Persian date included in the ref no. 10 September 2006]
Case reference number: 94 – 84/6 Province Criminal [Court]
Reference number of the Head Penal Office: 237 – 84/11/18
Authority dealing with the case: Branch 6 of the Penal Court of East Azarbaijan Province
Plaintiff: Honourable Prosecutor of the General and Revolutionary Court of Tabriz
Accused: Mrs Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, daughter of Asqar, of Tabriz address (Tabriz Prison), represented by…
Type of charge: Adultery [Zena-ye Mohseneh]
Due to disagreement among the members of the court, the verdict of the majority is given as follows; that of the minority, following consultation, is given in a separate sheet:
(The verdict of the majority)
In this case, Mrs Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, born 1968, resident of Oskoo, daughter of Asqar, is accused of committing adultery with stranger men.
Given the contents of the case and the form of the complaint of the children of the accused and of her murdered husband Mr Ebrahim Ghaderzadeh, the form of the report by the security forces, and the clear confessions of the above-named … such that it seems that the main motive of the above-named in murdering her husband with the help of one of the stranger men … has been to have illicit relations with [such] men and her severely corrupt mind, as well as other indications and evidences all of which indicate the committing of the crime of adultery, have led the majority of the court to arrive at knowledge [tahsil e elm], and [thus] with reference to Clauses 63, 83 and 105 of the Islamic Penal Law, the majority of the court sentences Mrs Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, daughter of Asqar, to stoning [rajm] on the charge of adultery (with stranger men repeatedly).
This verdict can be appealed to the Supreme Court within 20 days from the date of this verdict.
Judge and Advisers Eemani, Seyf Ahmadi, Musavi
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(The verdict of the minority)
Apart from the fact that Mrs Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani … who per judgment no. 114 of 17 May 2006 has been sentenced to 99 lashes on the charge of having an illicit relationship with [names of men] … which according to her has been administered and this case has been heard in the Court of the Province for the charge of adultery … with [names of men] … as long as that sentence is not revoked, the accused cannot be prosecuted, since a person is prosecuted only once for the same offence. Thus prosecution in this case has no legal justification as no positive religious or legal evidence can be found … (confession or witness testimony) and the indications in the case are not customary ways of [the judge] arriving at knowledge [tahsil e elm]. So the above-named is believed to be innocent of the charge.
Minority members of Branch 6 of the Penal Court of the Province
Kazemi and Hamdollahi
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