Reyhaneh Jabbari has been given a 10-day stay of execution (Picture: ABACAPress.com)

A woman facing the death sentence in Iran has been given a 10-day reprieve after her execution was delayed by 10 days.

Reyhaneh Jabbari, 26, was due to be killed today for the murder of Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi who she said tried to rape her.

Iran Human Rights have put pressure on the international to stop the execution which was due to take place today.

‘We emphasise that Reyhaneh’s execution has only been postponed and urged the international community and the civil society to continue their efforts until Reyhaneh’s death sentence has been removed,’ IRH said on their website.


According to Amnesty International, Ms Jabbari’s mother published a Facebook post yesterday in which she said Iranian authorities told her to ‘collect the body’ of her daughter today.

Ms Jabbari was sentenced to death in 2009 after being arrested in 2007 (Picture: Getty Images)

She also recalled Ms Jabbari’s emotional goodbye after seven years in jail.



‘Goodbye, dear Mum. All of my pains will finish early tomorrow morning, ‘ Ms Jabbari is quoted as saying, according to a FOX News translation.

Ms Jabbari’s case drew international outcry after her 2007 arrest, with a petition garnering more than 190,000 signatures.

According to Amnesty International, the then-19-year-old admitted to stabbing Sarbandi but not killing him and her claim is believed never to have been properly investigated.

The Middle East and North Africa Deputy Director at the human rights organisation called the execution ‘abhorrent’.

‘There are serious doubts about the circumstances of the killing,’ Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui said.