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11 April 2014 –\u00a0Amnesty international: Reyhaneh Jabbari, aged 26, was arrested in 2007 for the murder of Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi, a former employee of Iran\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence. Reyhaneh Jabbari confessed to the murder immediately after her arrest, though she did not have a lawyer present at the time she made her confession. She stated that the murder took place in self-defence.<\/p>\n
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UA: 85\/14 Index: MDE 13\/018\/2014 Iran Date: 11 April 2014
\nURGENT ACTION
\nIranian woman at risk of execution
\nThe death sentence of Iranian woman Reyhaneh Jabbari has been sent to the Office of Implementation of Sentences in Tehran, Iran. Once death sentences have gone to this body, they may be carried out at any time.
\nReyhaneh Jabbari, aged 26, was arrested in 2007 for the murder of Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi, a former employee of Iran\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence. Reyhaneh Jabbari confessed to the murder immediately after her arrest, though she did not have a lawyer present at the time she made her confession. She stated that the murder took place in self-defence.
\nFollowing her arrest, Reyhaneh Jabbari was held in solitary confinement for two months in Tehran\u2019s Evin Prison, where she did not have access to a lawyer or her family.
\nReyhaneh Jabbari was sentenced to death under qesas (\u201cretribution-in-kind\u201d) by a criminal court in Tehran in 2009. The death sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court the same year. Her family was told in March 2014 that the sentence had gone for implementation. Under Iranian law, before the execution is carried out, the defendant\u2019s lawyer must be notified 48 hours in advance. Sentences of qesas are not open to pardon or amnesty by the Supreme Leader.
\nAmnesty International believes that Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi\u2019s association with the Ministry of Intelligence may have affected the impartiality of the court\u2019s investigation.<\/p>\n
Please write immediately in Persian, English, Arabic or your own language:
\nCalling on the Iranian authorities to not execute Reyhanah Jabbari;
\nReminding them that under Article 6(4) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Iran is state party, anyone sentenced to death shall have the right to seek pardon or commutation of the sentence.<\/p>\n
PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 23 MAY 2014 TO:<\/p>\n
Leader of the Islamic Republic
\nAyatollah Sayed \u2018Ali Khamenei
\nThe Office of the Supreme Leader
\nIslamic Republic Street \u2013 End of Shahid
\nKeshvarDoust Street,
\nTehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
\nTwitter: @khamenei_ir
\nEmail: info_leader@leader.ir
\nSalutation: Your Excellency<\/p>\n
Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani
\nc\/o Public Relations Office
\nNumber 4, 2 Azizi Street intersection
\nTehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
\n(Subject line: FAO
\nAyatollah Sadegh Larijani)
\nSalutation: Your Excellency<\/p>\n
And copies to:
\nPresident of the Islamic Republic of Iran
\nHassan Rouhani
\nThe Presidency
\nPasteur Street, Pasteur Square
\nTehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
\nEmail: media@rouhani.ir
\nTwitter: @HassanRouhani (English) and
\n@Rouhani_ir (Persian)<\/p>\n
Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country. Please insert local diplomatic addresses below:
\nName Address 1 Address 2 Address 3 Fax Fax number Email Email address Salutation Salutation<\/p>\n
Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.<\/p>\n
URGENT ACTION
\nIranian woman at risk of execution
\nADditional Information
\nAmnesty International opposes the death penalty in all cases without exception, regardless of the nature or circumstances of the crime; guilt, innocence or other characteristics of the individual; or the method used by the state to carry out the execution, because the death penalty violates the right to life as proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.<\/p>\n
Name: Reyhaneh Jabbari
\nGender m\/f: f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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