Tehran: Iran looks likely to reject the Brazilian president's offer to give refuge to an Iranian woman convicted of adultery.
The woman has been sentenced to death by stoning.
The case of 43-year-old Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani triggered an international outcry that prompted Iran to withdraw the stoning part of her sentence.
But the mother of two could still face execution by hanging.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Brazil, which has tried to negotiate a solution to Tehran's controversial nuclear programme, could give the woman political asylum.
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Ramin Mehmanparast, said Tuesday that Silva's offer reflected his "humane and emotional personality" and that the Brazilian leader probably had insufficient "information about the case".
