Iran has announced that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani will not be executed by stoning.

The Times newspaper of London published the statement of the Iranian embassy on Friday which declares: “According to the information achieved from competent authorities, Sakineh Mohammadi will not be executed by stoning”

Following the stoning sentence for Mrs Ashtiani, international pressures were launched to cancel this verdict and were intensified during the recent days.

Human rights organizations and a number of countries including the USA and Britain condemned issuing these kinds of verdicts and called them instances of barbarism and killing by torture.