Malek Ajdar Sharifi, the judiciary head in East Azerbaijan province, said the execution would still take place when Iran’s judiciary chief decided.
The ruling against Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two, has sparked an international outcry.
Ashtiani has been jailed in the north-western city of Tabriz since 2005.
Rights groups have warned that she could still be hanged.
‘The verdict has been halted due to humanitarian reservations and upon the order of the honourable judiciary chief [Sadeq Larijani] and it will not be carried out for the moment,’ Mr Ajdar Sharifi told Irna.
‘Whenever the judiciary chief deems it expedient, the verdict will be carried out regardless of Western media propaganda,’ he said.
