TEHRAN, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The Sept. 30 scheduled execution of an Iranian woman for allegedly killing her rapist has been postponed for 10 days.
Although it is unclear why Iranian officials decided to postpone Reyhaneh Jabbari's execution, Amnesty International speculated that it was "possibly in response to the public outcry" following a Facebook post by Jabbari's mother on Sept. 29, after receiving word from her daughter that the execution would be carried out the next day.