Delara Darabiunder 18*

دل آرا دارابی

22 years old · Rasht · Gilan Province

1 May 2009 Executed

Life

• artist
  Persian original

  artist

• Pre-university student
  Persian original

  دانش آموز دوره پیش‌دانشگاهی

• She was an artistic girl who had been painting since the age of ten
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  او دختر هنرمندی بود که از سن ده سالگی نقاشی می‌کرد

• An exhibition of the paintings of this young Iranian woman in Mehr 1385 drew more attention to the case and increased pressure for her death sentence to be overturned
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  برگزاری نمایشگاهی از آثار نقاشی این زن جوان ایرانی در مهرماه سال ۱۳۸۵ باعث جلب توجه بیشتری به پرونده و افزایش فشار برای لغو حکم اعدام او شد

• During the years she spent in prison, Ms. Darabi suffered many psychological and physical problems and once, in Bahman 1385, attempted suicide
  Persian original

  خانم دارابی در سالهایی که در زندان بسر برد دچار مشکلات روحی و جسمی زیادی شد و یک بار، در بهمن ماه سال ۱۳۸۵ اقدام به خودكشی كرد

• One of the flaws in the case is that Delara is left-handed, whereas most of the blows had been inflicted on the victim from the right side
  Persian original

  یکی از ایرادات پرونده، چپ دست بودن دل‌آرا است در حالی که که اکثر ضربات از سمت راست به مقتول وارد شده بود

In the words of those close to them

"Although Delara took responsibility for the murder in the initial investigation, since she is left-handed she could not have struck the victim's right side from behind, and if the murder scene were reconstructed once more, she could prove her innocence."— Mr. Khorramshahi

Persian original

"اگرچه دل آرا در تحقیقات اولیه قتل را به گردن گرفته، اما از آنجایی که وی چپ دست است نمی‌توانسته از پشت ضربه به سمت راست مقتول زده باشد و اگر یک بار دیگر صحنه قتل بازسازی شود، وی می‌تواند بی‌گناهی خودش را ثابت کند."

The case

• This sentence was carried out on 11 Ordibehesht 1388 without the knowledge of her lawyer and family, while the head of the judiciary had issued an order to stay the sentence for 2 months
  Persian original

  این حکم در تاریخ ۱۱ اردیبهشت ۱۳۸۸ بدون اطلاع وکیل و خانواده در حالی اجرا شد که رییس قوه قضاییه دستور توقف حکم را برای ۲ ماه صادر کرده بود

• Before the sentence was carried out, Ms. Darabi was able to speak with her family by phone
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  خانم دارابی قبل از اجرای حکم توانست با خانواده تلفنی صحبت کند

• Execution » hanging
  Persian original

  اعدام » حلق آویز

After their death

• The family's efforts to have a last visit and to obtain the consent of the victim's heirs (awliya-ye dam) were unsuccessful
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  تلاشهای خانواده برای ملاقات آخر و گرفتن رضایت اولیای دم ناموفق ماند

• Her body was buried in Bagh-e Rezvan in Rasht
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  پیکرش در باغ رضوان رشت به خاک سپرده شد

• After Ms. Darabi was executed, Amir Hossein also wrote a letter and said that she had been innocent
  Persian original

  بعد از اینکه خانم دارابی اعدام شد نیز امیر حسین نامه‌ای نوشت و گفت او بی گناه بوده است

Sources

1. Abdorrahman Boroumand Center — Omid memorial
2. English Wikipedia
3. Persian Wikipedia

The name is recorded in at least two independent sources or in a human-rights organisation’s report.

Listed in

• Executed
• Executed for murder (qisas)
• Executed for an alleged offence committed under 18
• Women killed
• Artists
• The year 1388 (2009–2010)
• Gilan Province
• Rasht

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