Iranian Woman Said to Be Lashed Over Photo

A mix-up over a photograph led to a sentence of 99 lashes for the Iranian woman, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, whose earlier death sentence by stoning from Iranian authorities caused an international outcry, a lawyer for the woman said Sunday.

via:[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/06/world/middleeast/06iran.html]

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