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Delara Darabi
Delara Darabi (Persian: دلارا دارابى) (S29 September 1986 – 1 May 2009) was an Iranian woman executed after being accused of murdering her father's female cousin and stealing her gold together with her boyfriend. She was convicted for murder and theft by the Iranian Supreme Court and was executed after five years imprisonment. She was 17 years old when the murder took place. Her boyfriend was 19 years old at the time of the murder and is serving a 10 year prison sentence for the crime.
Darabi spent five years in jail after her conviction. She initially confessed, but later recanted. She claimed her boyfriend, Amir Hossein, persuaded her to confess by convincing her that he would be executed (as she would not have been; being a minor).
On Death Row, Darabi having developed a love of painting at an early age completed several works that depicted her incarceration. As well painting became her refuge from psychological torment of incarceration and her way of asserting her innocence. In confinement she also wrote poetry; among her work is the poem entitled "Prison"; a highly sophisticated psychological and philosophical work on prison. A collection of her art was displayed at an exhibition in Tehran by supporters campaigning to release her. Darabi's lawyer, Abdolsamad Khoramshahi, had appealed against the sentence, arguing that her conviction had been based solely on her confession and that her trial had failed to consider vital evidence.
Delara Darabi
Delara Darabi (Persian: دلارا دارابى) (S29 September 1986 – 1 May 2009) was an Iranian woman executed after being accused of murdering her father's female cousin and stealing her gold together with her boyfriend. She was convicted for murder and theft by the Iranian Supreme Court and was executed after five years imprisonment. She was 17 years old when the murder took place. Her boyfriend was 19 years old at the time of the murder and is serving a 10 year prison sentence for the crime.
Darabi spent five years in jail after her conviction. She initially confessed, but later recanted. She claimed her boyfriend, Amir Hossein, persuaded her to confess by convincing her that he would be executed (as she would not have been; being a minor).
On Death Row, Darabi having developed a love of painting at an early age completed several works that depicted her incarceration. As well painting became her refuge from psychological torment of incarceration and her way of asserting her innocence. In confinement she also wrote poetry; among her work is the poem entitled "Prison"; a highly sophisticated psychological and philosophical work on prison. A collection of her art was displayed at an exhibition in Tehran by supporters campaigning to release her. Darabi's lawyer, Abdolsamad Khoramshahi, had appealed against the sentence, arguing that her conviction had been based solely on her confession and that her trial had failed to consider vital evidence.