Kamangir (Archer)

Paintings from behind the Bars

Kamangir | July 4, 2007 | Category Human Rights

Delara Darabi has just unveiled two of her new paintings, both of which are the result of her long days behind the bars. To know more about her case read the following passage, which is copied from the website devoted to her cause.

On Saturday, January 27, 2007, Iran’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of Delara Darabi for a second time. Delara, who is now 20 years old, faces death by public hanging for a murder that took place when she was 17 years old. According to newspaper and court reports, after murdering a woman related to Delara, Delara’s 19 year old boyfriend, Amir Hossein, convinced Delara to admit responsibility for the murder to protect him from execution. Apparently, both teenagers believed that because Delara was under the age of 18, she could not be sentenced to death. This belief proved to be devastatingly false.