A woman who was to be stoned to death in Iran on an adultery conviction could be hanged instead.
Authorities said today they were moving ahead with plans to execute the woman but are reconsidering what punishment to carry out.
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani is already in prison serving a ten-year sentence on a separate conviction for the murder of her husband.
Outcry: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, who has been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, may be hanged instead said Iranian officials
Her case has generated international outrage and last July Iranian officials suspended plans to carry out her death sentence on the adultery conviction.
A senior judiciary official said experts were studying whether the punishment of stoning could be changed to hanging.
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