Intelligence Ministry agency , human rights groups rally to the cause of woman awaiting execution . They say she was a victim of sexual assault and killed her attacker in self-defense in 2013 . The man who was killed was a member of Iran 's U.N . Under Sarbandi 's Iranian law , the family of the slain man could agree to stay the execution .
U.N agency , human rights groups rally to the cause of woman awaiting execution . They say she was a victim of sexual assault and killed her attacker in self-defense in 2007 . The man who was killed was a member of Iran 's Intelligence Ministry . Under Iran 's Islamic law , the family of the slain man could agree to stay the execution .