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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the United States of hypocrisy on Friday for criticizing the death sentence of an Iranian woman, while a woman was executed in the United States this week.
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani was convicted of adultery, but Iranian officials earlier this month suspended her execution by stoning after weeks of condemnation from around the world.
In the United States, Teresa Lewis, 41, was convicted of orchestrating the murders of her husband and stepson and died on Thursday by lethal injection in the state of Virginia. It was the first execution of a woman in the United States in five years.
Mr. Ahmadinejad told a news conference in New York, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, that the Iranian woman was accused of being an accomplice to the murder of her husband and that the case was still before the courts.
“My God, the noise that went around the same media who follow the [U.S.] State Department policy direction as though the only problem on this planet Earth is this one alone. No other problems in the world for them to cover,” he said.
“But last night a woman was actually executed in the United States with a similar sentence. Now if a woman in the United States is executed is it okay?” he asked.
Mr. Ahmadinejad also said Friday that Iran would consider ending higher level uranium enrichment, the most crucial part of its controversial nuclear activities, if world powers send Tehran nuclear fuel for a medical research reactor.
Iran is prepared to set a date for resumption of talks with six world powers to discuss Tehran’s nuclear program, he added, saying October would be the likely time for the two sides to meet.
The President said Iran had no interest in enriching uranium from around 3.5 per cent to 20 per cent purity but was forced to do so after the world powers refused to provide nuclear fuel that is needed for a Tehran reactor that produces medical isotopes for patients. He did not indicate that Iran would stop enriching at low levels.
That level is far below the more than 90 per cent purity needed to build a nuclear weapon, but U.S. officials have expressed concern Iran may be moving closer to an ability to reach weapons-grade level.
Reuters/AP
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