Debate Over Child Executions Roils Iran's Presidential Vote .
The Wall Street Journal / Farnaz Fassihi
29-May-2009

Word of Ms. Darabi's fate came when the executioner let her phone her family. "Oh mother, I see the hangman's noose in front of me," she said, according to Mr. Mostafaei. At age 17, Ms. Darabi had confessed to a murder that took place in a jewelry heist, but later said her boyfriend was the killer and that she took the blame to protect him.

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