Shahla Jahed Case (Executed Dec 1st, 2010)

Shahla Jahed (1970 – 1 December 2010) was an Iranian woman who was sentenced to death in June 2004 for murdering Laleh Saharkhizan, the wife of her boyfriend (under a temporary marriage) on October 9, 2002. Jahed had been living with Iranian footballer Nasser Mohammadkhani becoming his mistress in a temporary marriage which is allowed under Iranian law.

International human rights groups have campaigned for her release since she was jailed more than eight years ago. One day before the execution Amnesty International made a last-minute appeal for the sentence to be halted, saying Jahed had not received a fair trial. Mohammadkhani first faced charges of adultery which were later dropped, although he was sentenced to 74 lashes for drug-taking after the court heard he had smoked opium with Jahed. It was seen that he had escaped punishment for adultery because he was wealthy as well.. The Iranian courts halted the execution of Shahla Jahed when the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani became public.

Jahed was executed on December 1, 2010 at 5am local time at the Evin prison, north of Tehran. The victim's son was allowed to pull the stool from under her feet. (Source: Wikipedia)