Iranian Womans Stoning Suspended

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/7908065/iran-womans-stoning-suspended-after-global-outcry/

This news article details the account of the ongoing story of a woman who committed adultery and was sentenced to death by stoning. The lead is concise and compresses despite the story, being repeated and updated several times, and includes all recent developments. This particular story has been viewed all over the world, and Iran has received international criticism on their laws.




The story has a quote from a ministry official, commenting that “The verdict regarding the extramarital affairs has stopped and it's being reviewed,". By using quotes from officials in Iran, the story is given credibility from both the Western media, and Iranian government.



The format of the page is similar to the other yahoo news link, which is good as it provides the time the story was published, 4.45am and a video of a online news story. However there are not still photographs which you would generally view on a newspaper style format.



The story, which the headline, lead and first few paragraphs suggest, is about the woman who is being stoned. Yet largely, the second chunk of the story begins to talk about Iran’s nuclear position on an international level and its relations with Brazil, Turkey and the United States.



Both Brazil and Turkey have worked diplomatically to try to solve the impasse over the nuclear program which Iran says is entirely peaceful but which the United States and European countries suspect is aimed at making a bomb.



What I found even more interesting was the comments left behind by Australians, who all condemned this act but at the same time, there was little sympathy for the woman. Furthermore, many left behind comments regarding the refugees who arrive here on boat, or ‘boat people’ as they are referred to.



One blogger anonymously writes,

no wonder they are arriving here by the boat load. Perhaps they need education rather than military help?.... I will end by saying 'Please Explain"?



and,



in Aus they walk around in sandals and rag like they live in a desert. when you can use deodorant and wear normal clothes the only reason you don't is ur backward!



I was surprised at the level of anger this story brought out from the Australian public, a story which I thought would incite sympathy, not anger.