However, the court ruled that she killed Morteza on purpose because she had bought the knife two days before she stabbed him in the back with it. In her defence, Reyhaney said she'd stabbed the man out of self defence. The court overruled her claims and sentenced her to death, a ruling which was upheld by Iran's Supreme Court.
Her mother confirmed that the execution was carried out today after the victim's family refused to pardon Reyhaney or accept money from her family. It was learnt that many human rights bodies including Amnesty International had over the years called on Iran's judiciary to halt the execution but they went ahead with it
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