'Kayhan', a vernacular daily newspaper in France has said that Carla Bruni Sarkozy is a "prostitute" and a "marriage breaker" in Iran after she criticized a Tehran court ruling of stoning a woman to death for adultery.

The 42 year old French President’s wife who signed a petition calling for Iran to free Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, who has been convicted of cheating on her husband and helping to kill him, was also accused by the Iranian media of intervening in the case to "cover up her own extra-marital relations".

The newspaper which acts as a mouthpiece for Iran's rigorous Islamic regime, has accused Bruni of being a "hypocrite".

Carla Bruni has had numerous affairs with high profile celebrities, the Newspaper’s editorial said. The report which read "French prostitutes join the human rights protest" also singled out the actress Isabelle Adjani, who has joined the clamour for 43-year-old Sakineh's release.

The media also referred to rumours linking Bruni to Benjamin Biolay, a French singer whom she was said to be seeing secretly.

Nicolas Sarkozy’s wife Carla Bruni and Isabelle Adjani the French actress expressed support for Sakineh Mohammadi- Ashtiani.

The report said Carla Bruni was using it to justify her own immorality by supporting Sakineh, an Iranian State Television has said. An insider has told ‘Daily Mail’ that though Elysee Palace has maintained silence about the allegations Carla Bruni Sarkozy was "deeply shocked" by the personal attack made against her.