CAIRO — Amnesty International accused Iran of harassing the lawyer of a woman sentenced to death by stoning, saying Wednesday that he has gone missing and two of his relatives have been detained.
A blog maintained by the lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei, helped generate a wave of international outrage over the stoning sentence, with Britain and the United States calling for it to be lifted.
Tehran said this month it would not carry out the stoning sentence against Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani for the time being, but the mother of two could still face execution by hanging for her conviction of adultery and other offenses.
Mostafaei — an outspoken lawyer who also has defended many juvenile offenders and political prisoners — was summoned for questioning by judicial officials at Tehran’s Evin prison Saturday, released after several hours, then asked to return, Amnesty said, adding it was not known whether he went back.
The human-rights group said Iranian authorities also had detained the lawyer’s wife, Fereshteh Halimi, and her brother, Farhad Halimi.
