Tehran , Iran ( CNN ) -- Despite international pressure , Iran said Tuesday that it rejects Brazil 's offer of asylum for an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning . Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva proposed Saturday to give sanctuary to Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani , whose case has garnered global attention . Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Lula lacked sufficient information about the case , the state news agency Agencia Brasil said . Ashtiani was convicted of adultery in 2006 and was originally sentenced to death by stoning . Iranian authorities say the sentence has been put on hold , but there have been no reports as to whether a new sentence has been imposed . Meanwhile , a human rights activist who has taken up Ashtiani 's case penned a letter to Lula , saying that his offer was an `` important step '' in saving Ashtiani from undue punishment . Mina Ahadi of the International Committee against Stoning said the campaign to save Ashtiani 's life will continue . She said she hopes Brazil and other governments will keep up pressure on the Islamic regime in Tehran , which she said rules through fear and punishment and should not be recognized by the international community . `` Allow me , as a representative of the oppressed people in Iran , to say that I not only want to save Sakineh and abolish stoning , but that I also ask all heads of state not to recognise the Islamic regime as the representative of the Iranian people but to see it as the murderer of people in Iran , '' Ahadi wrote in her letter to Lula . Brazil 's relations with Iran have improved in recent years and it recently participated in talks with Tehran aimed at restarting negotiations about Iran 's nuclear program . In May , Brazil helped broker a deal with Iran that would provide the government with enriched uranium for medical research . Ashtiani , a 43-year-old mother of two , is reportedly still being held in Tabriz prison . Iran 's judiciary could reinstate her sentence of death by stoning , execute her by other means , or possibly even grant her a reprieve , according to human rights groups . Ashtiani 's attorney , Mohammad Mostafaei , has gone into hiding since last weekend after being interrogated by Iranian authorities , human rights groups say . Advocates and Mostafaei say his wife and brother-in-law are being held by Iranian authorities .
Lula 's president offered to save Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva life . She is condemned to die by stoning after being convicted of adultery in recent years . A human rights activist said she hoped the world would keep up pressure on Brazil . She wrote a letter to Iran saying Brazil 's offer was an `` important step ''