( CNN ) -- The hanging of an Iranian woman , convicted of murder in a killing that human rights groups called self-defense against her rapist , has been delayed for 10 days , according to Amnesty International . Reyhaneh Jabbari , 26 , was sentenced to death for the 2007 killing of Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi , a former employee of Iran 's Ministry of Intelligence and Security . The United Nations ' Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights says that the killing was an act of self-defense against a rapist and that Jabbari never received a fair trial . On Wednesday , Amnesty International said in a statement that Jabbari had been transferred to a prison where , according to a message from her mother on Facebook , she was set to be executed on September 30 . But at the last minute , the execution was delayed for 10 days , the rights group said , `` possibly in response to the public outcry after her mother 's post about her scheduled execution . '' In the post , Jabbari 's mother wrote that she could `` collect the body '' after the execution . Amnesty International said Jabbari was convicted of murder after `` a flawed investigation and unfair trial . '' The United Nations and international human rights groups have taken up Jabbari 's cause . A Facebook page dedicated to saving Jabbari from execution has been created , with more than 14,000 likes . The U.N. has said Sarbandi hired Jabbari -- then a 19-year-old interior designer -- to work on his office . Jabbari stabbed Sarbandi after he sexually assaulted her , the U.N. has said . Jabbari was held in solitary confinement without access to her lawyer and family for two months , Amnesty International said in a statement . She was tortured during that time . `` Amnesty International understands that , at the outset of the investigation , Reyhaneh Jabbari admitted to stabbing the man once in the back , but claimed she had done so after he had tried to sexually abuse her , '' the rights group said . `` She also maintained that a third person in the house had been involved in the killing . These claims , if proven , could exonerate her but are believed never to have been properly investigated , raising many questions about the circumstances of the killing . '' The family of Sarbandi could forgive his killer and agree to stay the execution , an option available under Iran 's Islamic penal code . Iranian Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi has joined scores of Iranian artists and musicians calling for a halt to the execution . In an open letter , Farhadi asked the victim 's family to pardon Jabbari . Rights groups have criticized the Islamic Republic of Iran for a surge in executions under Hassan Rouhani , in his first year as President . According to the United Nations , Iran has executed at least 170 people this year . In 2013 , Iran executed more people than any other country with the exception of China , the world 's most populous nation . CNN 's Reza Sayah contributed to this report .
Jabbari says the hanging of Amnesty International has been delayed for 10 days . She was sentenced to death for the 10 days killing of a former Amnesty International employee . The rights group says she was the victim of sexual assault , killed attacker in self-defense . It says Intelligence Ministry was convicted of murder after `` a flawed investigation and unfair trial ''