Newsweek - Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has been imprisoned in Tabriz Prison in northwestern Iran since 2005, having suffered 99 lashes and been condemned to die by public stoning for her alleged adultery. Until last month, those facts were known only to a small handful of people working quietly through the Iranian legal system to secure her release. Now, with Ashtiani’s story filling the pages of newspapers and Web sites around the world, her name, and the appalling details of her case, are familiar.

TORONTO SUN - It's a country that will execute women for adultery, has more than 100 children under 18 on death row and answered public protests over election results by opening fire on crowds numbering in the thousands. Still, Iran thinks it has lessons to teach Canada when it comes to human rights.

Three men were hanged Sunday in a prison in the city of Kerman, south-eastern Iran, according to an announcement on the website of the judiciary in Kerman Province. A fourth man was reportedly hanged in public in Khuzestan Province on Monday.  

US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rules that decision by the Secretary of State to maintain the PMOI on the FTO list violated due process and lacked sufficient evidence. Court remands the case to the Secretary for a review.