'My Reyhaneh Was Hanged’: Mother of Executed Iranian Woman Speaks Out

By Tamar Auber, October 25, 2014.

Despite an international campaign calling for her life to be spared, Reyhaneh Jabbari, 26, is dead.

The young woman, who was convicted of killing a man who tried to sexually assault her, was hanged in a prison in Tehran on Saturday.

Shole Pakravan, Reyhaneh’s mother, confirmed her death in a heartbreaking Facebook post.

“My Reyhaneh was hanged,” the message reads in Arabic. “She had a fever when she danced at the gallows. Three people stood next to the gallows. Mother and …. and Jalal Sarbandi [the victim's oldest son]. I don’t know if they were sad or angry. I don’t know if I am patient or thinking.”

Reyhaneh’s case drew international attention after the United Nations and the international community raised concerns that the woman, who claimed to be a victim of sexual assault, was coerced into confessing to her crimes after being arrested and put on trial in 2009.

“The UN noted that her conviction was allegedly based on confessions made while under threat. I urge Iran to put a moratorium on all executions,” he UK Foreign Minister Tobias Ellwood said in a statement, echoing similar condemnations made by the US State Department of other nations.

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