Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani awaiting stoning beaten into false confession

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On August 12, the Islamic Republic state-run television broadcasted an interview showing Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani and according to this interview, this woman who is in danger of stoning and execution confessed to committing adultery and murdering her husband. She confessed against herself and her lawyer, Mohammad Mostafayi and accused him of taking advantage of her…
“Mrs. Mohammadi was taken to room 37 in Tabriz Prison and confessed against herself but these confessions were not taken under normal circumstances and according to reports that I have, she was severely beaten and forced into such an interview”, Javid Kian, Mohammadi’s lawyer said one day after this interview was broadcasted.
“They went up to Mrs. Mohammadi’s family who are extremely religious and taped a film of them talking against Sakineh regarding the fact that Sakineh had committed adultery and that she had to be punished… unfortunately Mrs. Mohammadi’s family have put her children under severe pressure that your mother has dishonored the reputation of the family and has to be executed or stoned and this has put severe mental pressure on Mrs. Mohammadi’s children”.
Her lawyer said that he was informed via his other clients in the female cellblock in Tabriz Prison that Sakineh was forced to give a televised interview under the pressure of beatings

ضرب و شتم سکينه محمدي براي گرفتن اعترافات اجباري
شب گذشته برنامه بيست و سي صدا و سيماي جمهوري اسلامي مصاحبه اي از سکينه محمدي آشتياني پخش کرد که براساس آن، اين زن که در خطر سنگسار و اعدام قرار دارد به ارتکاب زنا و قتل همسرش اعتراف کرد و به بيان اعترافاتي عليه خود و وکيلش، محمد مصطفايي پرداخت و او را متهم به سوء استفاده کرد...
جاويد کيان، وکيل خانم محمدي آشتياني روز گذشته و بعد از پخش اعترافات موکلش در برنامه 20:30 به "روز" گفت: "خانم محمدي را به اتاق 37 زندان تبريز برده وعليه خودش از او اعترافات گرفته اند اما اين اعترافات در شرايط عادي نبوده بلکه براساس اخباري که دارم به شدت خانم محمدي را مورد ضرب و شتم قرار داده و کتک زده و وادار از انجام چنين مصاحبه اي کرده اند. کار خطرناک ديگري هم که انجام داده اند اين است که از چند نفر از اعضاي خانواده و بستگان خانم محمدي هم عليه او فيلم گرفته اند."
آقاي کيان توضيح مي دهد: "رفته اند سراغ خانواده خانم محمدي که افرادي به شدت مذهبي هستند و از چند نفر از آنها عليه سکينه فيلمي گرفته اند مبني بر اينکه سکينه مرتکب زنا شده و بايد مجازات شود و.... متاسفانه خانواده خانم محمدي هم به شدت فرزندان او را تحت فشار قرار داده اند که مادر شما آبروي خانواده ما را برده و بايد اعدام يا سنگسار شود و فشار رواني شديدي عليه بچه هاي خانم محمدي ايجاد کرده اند."
وکيل سکينه محمدي سپس خبر ميدهد که از طريق ساير موکلينش در بند نسوان زندان تبريز اطلاع يافته که سکينه تحت فشار و زير کتک شديد مجبور از مصاحبه تلويزيوني شده است. (سايت روز – 21/5/89)