By Helene Fouquet
The case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has drawn international condemnation after the mother of two was sentenced to death. Bruni-Sarkozy called on the Iranian authorities to grant clemency. “Judges must understand it, Sakineh, your name has become a symbol across the globe,” she wrote.
“My husband will plead your cause,” Bruni-Sarkozy added in the letter published in Liberation newspaper, Elle magazine and La Regle du Jeu’s web site.