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Stoning Lawyer Reunited With Family

Mohammad Mostafaei
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September 02, 2010

Iranian lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei has been reunited with his wife and 7-year-old daughter in Norway.

Mostafaei, who defended Sakineh Mohamamdi Ashtiani, the woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, fled Iran after his wife and her brother and father were arrested to put pressure on him.

A Norwegian website has posted a video (in English) of the reunion at Oslo airport.

-- Golnaz Esfandiari

Tags: mostafaei , Ashtiani stoning case

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by: Hamik C Gregory from: Reno, NV USA
September 02, 2010 16:25
Thank God. He will raise his family in Norwegian prosperity and his daughter will have a brighter future. And, of course, no one is going to harass them in the streets about hejab. It’s a personal religious matter which will decided by him and his family alone!
Many Iranians are ready to open their champagne bottles. I am one of them!
A fantastic video. I recommend every one to see it.

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