TABRIZ, Iran — The son of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery demanded Saturday that his mother’s verdict be commuted.
In his first public meeting with journalists, Sajjad Qaderzadeh told reporters in the northwest city of Tabriz that he had been freed Dec. 12 after posting a $40,000 bail and now wants to devote his life to saving his mother. “We lost our father, and we don’t want to lose our mother,” he told reporters. “We demand that her verdict be commuted.”
He was originally arrested in October after speaking with two German journalists about his mother’s case. The Germans were also arrested and remain in custody. Several unidentified people, apparently local officials and possibly plainclothes security officers, were present during the interview, which was Qaderzadeh’s first with the international media. The Associated Press
