The case of 43 year-old mother of two Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani has sparked outrage after she was found guilty of adultery.
Tehran insists the furore is being deliberately stoked by the West to damage it.
In the French capital, however, there was little sympathy for that point of view.
French-Jewish writer Marek Halter said: ‘‘For me women are a thermometer of humanity, of human kind. We can say to all the world’s leaders without doubt. show me how you treat your women in your country and you will show who you are.’‘I consider it really unjust and awful. I don’t understand how this can exist today