Iranian Woman Faces Execution in Official's Death

In some parts of the world, this would be considered a public service....



EHRAN, Oct. 4 � An Iranian woman accused of killing a police chief in southern Iran who she said tried to rape her has been convicted and is to be executed, the Shargh newspaper reported Saturday.

The woman, Afsaneh Noroozi, 32, who has been in jail since 1997, said during her trial that she stabbed the chief of police intelligence on the island of Kish in self-defense when he tried to rape her. The police chief, whose name has not been made public, was a friend of Ms. Noroozi's family, and she was at his house as a guest.

Her lawyer cited in her defense an article in Iran's Islamic penal code that allows citizens to take proportionate action to defend "life, honor, chastity, property, or freedom."

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ok let me get this straight.

The guy tries to rape her. She defends herself and kills the man who attacked her.

Then she goes to jail and will now be executed for defending her life?

Man this world is going down the toilet more and more each day.