Faith Under
Fire....
Jewish Woman along with her Christian husband Executed in
Iran
by Elad Benari
Israel National News
Iran has executed an Israeli-born Jewish woman along with her
Armenian Christian husband, according to reports.
The Human Rights Activists News Agency reported that Adiva Mirza
Soleyman Kalimia and her husband Varjan Petrosian were hung back
on March 14 at Evin Prison. According to the report, three other
people, including one woman and two men, were also executed at the
same time.
The report noted that the executions were done secretly.
Adiva Mirza Soleyman Kalimia was born in Jerusalem in 1956 to a
Jewish family, said reports. She resided in Miami for several
years, and visited Iran three times in recent years before being
arrested and put in prison.
The agency quoted a Revolutionary Court as confirming the
executions but refusing to provide further details about
surrendering the bodies for burial. The report added that
relatives of the dead who tried to recover the bodies for burial
were threatened with arrest.
The agency said that it is unknown what the executed prisoners
were charged for, but the official cause of Kalimia’s arrest was
reportedly adultery.
The Haraparak Daily newspaper in Armenia also reported about the
execution, but noted that the Armenian Foreign Ministry had
refused to release any comments on the incident.
Executions, especially of women, are a common occurrence in Iran.
A famous such story in recent times was the story of Sakineh
Mohammadi Ashtiani, who had been convicted of adultery and of
being an accomplice in the murder of her husband. The plan to
execute her by stoning earned international condemnation by the
United States, the European Union, international human rights
groups, and Britain.
Iran later said it may back off stoning Ashtiani, largely due to
the international pressure.