Iran's Afsaneh Noroozi may soon be released
IranMania News
11th of Dec, 2003
Tehran, (IranMania) – Iran’s controversial prisoner, Afsaneh Noroozi, may soon be set free as her lawyer headed for Kish Island, Southern Iran to pave the way for his client’s release.
Abdolsamad Khorramshahi told reporters that the Bandar Abbas court received the letter of Iran’s Judiciary Chief on the invalidation of the execution ruling so that the country’s Supreme Court can further investigate the case.”
“Afsaneh Noroozi will be released on bail and the Supreme Court will issue the final ruling. That’s why I decided to travel to Kish to meet the judge in charge of the case in person.” he added.
In 1997, Afsaneh Noroozi stabbed to death a police officer on the Persian Gulf island of Kish, she testified that he had tried to rape her in his office. Iranian women MPs and reformists have been campaigning on her behalf in Iran.
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