Iranian woman Reyhaneh Jabbari, convicted of murder, defends herself at a court hearing.[/caption]Iranian woman Reyhaneh Jabbari has been executed inside a prison near the capital Tehran after she was convicted of murdering a man in a�criminal case seven years ago.
Reyhaneh was hanged in the early hours of Saturday after being found guilty of killing Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi in July 2007.
The 26-year-old woman said she had stabbed the man to death to defend herself against attempted rape, but her claims were rejected based on further investigations and crime scene evidence.
Jabbari�s execution was halted earlier this month in order to give her lawyer more time to convince the victim's family to pardon her.
Under Islamic law, a convicted murderer is put to death if the victim's family demands execution.
By Press TV
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