Los Angeles Times - The execution of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani is on hold. But until Iran ends the practice of stoning and insists on equal justice for women, it will not be rid of international censure.

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani may not have long to live. International outrage over Iran's plan to stone to death the 43-year-old mother of two appears to have dissuaded it from going forward with that particular barbarity. But Ashtiani is not free. Her case is now under review by Iran's Supreme Court, and a final verdict could come as soon as next week. A state-run television news program, however, announced that she would not be executed during the month of Ramadan, which ends Sept. 9, and that instead of being stoned, she is to hang.

SHAHRZAD NEWS -Following unverified reports about the possibility of a death sentence for Zahra Bahrami, an Iranian-Dutch citizen arrested in Iran following the Ashura uprising (December 27, 2009), Amnesty International and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands have expressed concern. Amnesty International has reported that Zahra Bahrami’s case is being investigated by its head office in London. Zahra Bahrami is a citizen of the Netherlands and she traveled to Iran to visit her family.