Iranian of the Day

For Delara

با تمام خشم خویش
با تمام نفرت دیوانه وار خویش
می کشم فریاد
ای جلاد
ننگت باد
آه هنگامی که یک انسان
می کشد انسان دیگر را
می کشد در خویشتن
انسان بودن را
بشنو ای جلاد
می رسد آخر
روز دیگرگون
روز کیفر
روز کین خواهی
روز بار آوردن این شوره زار خون
زیر این باران خونین
سبز خواهد گشت بذر کین
وین کویر خشک
بارور خواهد شد از گلهای نفرین
آه هنگامی که خون از خشم سرکش
در تنور قلبها می گیرد آتش
برق سرنیزه چه ناچیزست
و خروش خلق
هنگامی که می پیچد
چون طنین رعد از آفاق تا آفاق
چه دلاویزست
بشنو ای جلاد
می خروشد حشم در شیپور
می کوبد غضب بر طبل
هر طرف سر می کشد عصیان
و درون بستر خونین خشم خلق
زاده میشود طوفان
بشنو ای جلاد
و مپوشان چهره با دستان خون آلود
می شناسندت به صد نقش و نشان مردم
می درخشد زیر برق چکمه های تو
لکه های خون دامنگیر
و به کوه و دشت پیچیده ست
نام ننگین تو با هر مرده باد خلق کیفرخواه
و به جا مانده ست از خون شهیدان
برسواد سنگ فرش راه
نقش یک فریاد : ای جلاد ننگت باد

To whomever asks "where were you?"

Please don't make me laugh, for I have tears to shed here.  It's comical to ask the small percentage of educated and compassionate Iranians worldwide, who are actually reading, caring, and writing on Iranian.com, where they were when heinous crimes were committed in the name of justice in Iran.  Your answer is: we were all here, we were reading, we were writing, we were forwarding, we were signing petitions and shooting off letters to the barbaric and irresponsible head of Islamic Republic's Judiciary, to no avail.

In your haste to play the blame game, you forget what morons are running Iran and what a babaric farce the Sharia Law is.  You forget the dirty politics of IRI, you forget the constant and continual violations of human rights in Iran, where people's privacy, thought, and conscience are the rulers' turf to play on everyday.

What good would come out of demoralizing the few who care by interrogating them about what they did or didn't do?  I am sure Delara knew the group of dedicated Iranian activists who first through NGO's and later through individual efforts never let her down, never stopped talking about her case, and never ceased to get the word out, creating an international outcry for her release or for a fair second trial.  None of that worked because of Sharia Laws.  Qesas is the most horrible thing that has happened to Iranian judicial system, leaving the law in the hands of uneducated and moronic mullahs, and encouraging revenge and suppressing forgiveness and compassion.

The blame should go to rulers of IRI.  It should further go to the family of the victim who in all these years could not find peace in their hearts to forgive a young woman for what was at best a dubious crime against their loved one.

Capital punishment is the most barbaric punishment in international penal laws.  What happened to Delara is precisely the reason capital punishment must be banned.  When you leave an individual's most precious asset, life itself, in the hands of a state to take away, mistakes and deliberate manipulations could happen.  No state should be allowed to take away life. 

Death penalty must be abolished EVERYWHERE!

BTW, does anyone know the name of the woman who was killed by either Delara or her boy friend or both? One thing is certain, the poor woman did not commit suicide, she was brutally murdered.

Dear TheMrs...

I couldn’t agree with you more. Nothing will come of “where were you this or that”. People move on with their lives. However, there are events and incidents that become so inhumane that will rub the masses the wrong way and can ignite an uprising that could change things around. I just hope that Delara’s murder is one of those events.

FAIR, you are damn right….

There is no reforming theocratics and fundamentalists. Those fools who daydream about gradual change and peaceful transition, are just that, fools. There are so many on this site who are so blinded by their hate for western governments that come out advocating extended rule of fascism and lawlessness in Iran under the pretence of sovereignty and nationalism.

May this young kid’s murder under what is called Sharia law, spark an uprising (as bloody as it may be) to eradicate these bloodsucker from the face of our land. If that happens, then Delara has not lost her life in vain.

Delara's message:

//iranian.com/main/blog/sce-campaign/delaras-message

From a letter by Delara Darabi to those attending the exhibition of her paintings 3 years ago:

"....I know that my years of struggle for attaining my rights and for my innocence to be heard is not being effective ...An imprisoned man once said: "My only claims are my calls to God from my small prison, and my answers to God in the vast field of freedom within these four walls." .   It is not important where we are ...God's love is always with us ...and his promise of truth......Pray for all Delara's in the faraway lands."

From a letter by Delara Darabi one year ago to Nazanin Afshin-Jam president and co-founder of the Stop Child Executions:

  "..... I don't know if I will meet you my dear ones or we must leave the meeting to the unseen world. Anyway, Delara is not alone, Delara's are trapped in prisons and in need of God's help and in need of defenders of human right and humanity!!!

I hope that you defend humanity and always be successful. The one who defends humanity and knowledge , is not a human but a true knower of God and knower of self. A reference, a gauge and a motive for life...and that is how you are ...Nazanin (precious) of all ages.

You and I and all of us, human beings of the world came here ...but after a while we forgot everything... We live with different feelings, with perplexity and amazements and we still do not understand why?

I cry a lot, just like the spring clouds! with large droplets...have you ever seen it?! ......I have never cried for being imprisoned, because my thoughts and my heart is free and is with you....Say hello to my true loving friends , because every night during my prayer I pray for all the people of this large and vast house."

One of the poems by Delara sent from prison to SCE before she and her family were threatened by the officials of Islamic Republic against further contacts with outside world:

"I empathize with the scarecrow for being stuck in the field 

Her voice is lost behind the clusters of wheat



...and Delara's voice



ah! how late I realized that I have become a scarecrow .."

هیچ کس پیش او نبود نه مادر نه پدر و نه وکیل

//iranian.com/main/blog/sce-campaign-77

 Following was written this morning about Delara Darabi, by Mohammad Mostafaeiattorney for more than 20 juveniles on the execution row. EnglishTranslation to Follow.

محمد مصطفایی

امروز۱۱ اردیبهشت سال ۱۳۸۸ روز دهشتناکی برایم بود ساعت ۹ صبح اس ام اس رویگوشی ام دیدم که نوشته شده بود " دلارا اعدام شد" تمام بدنم لرزید. نایحرکت نداشتم. دکمه سبز گوش را زدم. آسیه امینی پشت خط بود و گریان گفتدلارا را امروز صبح اعدام کردند. سوار ماشین شدم و به همسرم زنگ زدم. بهاو گفتم می خواهم به رشت برم. او نیز از فرط ناراحتی گفت که با من می آید.نمی دانم چطور به رشت رسیدم. مادر دلارا خود را به شدت می زد پدرش داستانتحویل دلارا به نیروی انتظامی را می گوید. همه گریه می کنند. همه به سرخود می زنند. همه دلارا را دوست داشتند. ولی او دیگر در کنارشان نبود. اوامروز به آرامش رسیده بود. دیگر صدایی از او به گوش نمی رسد.

مادر دلارا گفت که دیروز با دلارا ملاقات کرده. دلارا به او گفته که مادر اگر من از زندان بیرون بیایم می خواهم تحصیلاتم را ادامه دهم. دوست دارم آزاد باشم و یک نفر از قضات هم به من قول داده که رضایت اولیاءدم را خواهد گرفت. دلارا گفته که مادر من بی گناهم.

مادر دلارا گریه کنان گفت: امروز ساعت ۷ صبح دلارا به وی زنگ زد. و گفت مادر من را می خواهند اعدام کنند. من طناب دار را می بینم. مادر من را نجات دهید. می خواهم پدرم صحبت کنم و به پدرش هم گفت که پدر من می خواهم شما را ببینم. تو رو خدا من را نجات دهید. بعد یک نفر گوشی را از دلارا می گیرد و می گوید. ما به راحتی فرزند شما را می کشیم و تو هیچ کاری نمی توانی انجام دهی.

پدر و مادر دلارا قران به دست به زندان می روند. التماس می کنند. فریاد می کشند و می گویند تو رو خدا اجازه دهد تا ما اولیاءدم را ببینیم. به پایشان بیوفتیم. ولی ....

دلارا دارابی را به پای چوبه دار می برند. او راضی نمی شود اعدام شود. هیچ کس پیش او نبود نه مادر نه پدری و نه وکیلی که به خواسته هایش توجه کند. طناب دار را به گردن نحیفش می اندازند. و نمی دانم کدام بی رحمی صندلی را از زیر پایش رها می کند. نمی دانم او کیست .

قاضی جاوید نیا حکم اعدام دلارا را صادر کرد. پس از مدتی دادستان رشت شد. از زمانی که او متصدی این پست گردید. یک نفر در این شهر سنگسار شد و امروز دلارا دارابی جانش از بدنش جدا شد.

روحش شاد

ولی چرا؟

چرا دلارا اینگونه اعدام شد. به یکی از دوستان گفتم که صدام را هم اینگونه اعدام نکردند. چرا؟

چرا داد مظلومیت دلارا به گوش هیچ بنی بشری نرسید.

عده ای می گویند دلارا مقصر است. عده ای می گویند پدرش مقصر است و عده ای می گویند وکلیش؟ من می گویم دستگاه قضایی.

چرا با وجودی که بسیاری از کشورهای دنیا اعدام اطفال زیر ۱۸ سال را منع کرده اند دستگاه قضایی بر اعدام اطفال پافشاری می کند؟

چرا بی اطلاع به پای چوبه دار می برد؟ اعدام رضا حجازی در اصفهان و بهنام زارع در شیراز نیز به همین نحو بود.

مجری حکم می دانست که اگز زمانی برای اجرای حکم تعیین کند. نمی تواند دلارا را اعدام نماید. چون میلیونها انسان از وی حمایت می کردند. و امروز همه ما می دانیم که بی گناهی پای چوبه دار رفت و ناعادلانه جانش گرفته شد.

دلارا اعدام نشد .... آرام گرفت

....

چه راحت جان می گیریم.

چه راحتی طناب دار را به گردن کودکی می اندازیم.

چه راحت لرزش های بدن نحیفش را احساس می کنیم.

به خدا ظلم است ظلم.

به خدا عدالت این نیست که کودکی کودکی را از وی بگیریم.

به خدا عدالت این نیست که بکشیم آنکه حقش مرگ نیست.

چه کسی می خواهد در روز قیامت پاسخگو باشد.

آیا انصاف است ....

چهارم فروردین سال ۸۵ او را در زندان رشت ملاقات کردم. او چهره ای مظلوم داشت. او قاتل نبود. قسم می خورد که قاتل نیست.

برایم تابلویی نقاشی کرد که عکس پیرمردی در آن بود که ویالن می زد. نمی دانستم که ساز مرگ دلارا را می زند.

باور نمی وشد که کشته شده باشد.

او واقعا بی گناه، مظلوم، آرام، متین، پاک و بی آلایش بود. دختری که حقش مرگ نبود و جانش را گرفتند.

خدایا به فریادمان برس.

خدایا از این همه بی عدالتی به کجا پناه ببریم.

خدایا خدایا خدایا.... چرا ما را اینقدر بی رحم آفریدی چرا چرا...

sad day

i hope capital punishment will be banned for good some day. globally.

Where was I for Omid Reza?

Good question. I looked at the news item, swore at the powers to be and moved on with my life. Which is what pretty much every other person here did too! Maybe a few people blogged about it or talked to people they knew in passing conversation. Maybe some are activists and wrote to some people or did whatever human rights activists do. But that's no 99 %  of ANY society. You can't expect everyone to stop for every single tragedy. That's just the creulty of reality people.

Reality is that some of these cases get more attention, for various reasons. It doesn't mean no one cares about the rest of the people who need help. But what do you expect? That we stop life and just worry and lobby for human rights? It just won't happen, ever, in any society. 

So for now, please stop complaining, chastizing, belittling, and being condescending.

if you are really an activist, mobilize the discontent for the most popular cases and get something done. Otherwise, life will go on and no one will remember this execution, Omid-Reza's or any other one.

This is hard to hear but it's the truth. This attitude of where were you this and that is so childish. Where was I? Maybe I was watchin Seinfeld reruns or taking a bath. Who knows. The point is people are upset about this surprise attack! Research it, find out why it was done this way and move on.

Was it really the victim's family that made the difference in the execution timing here? If so, well tough but that's the law in Iran. Make sure next time around when some execution is delayed do your home work right and raise more of a stink before some other family makes arrangements for secret executions. Get their names and pictures and plaster it all over the internet...whatever that works. But for god's sake leave the where were you at home under you keyborads.

Va salam nameh tamam

The Palestinians & Anti Zionist agenda is more Important

We first have to resolve the issue of the Zionist criminal aparthied regime and its treatment of Palestinians non citizens before we talk about human rights in our beloved homeland. Please stay on course people and don't deviate from your anti Zionist colonialist path that the revolution has succeeded in.

The Revolution has accomplished so much in the past 30 years and we should be proud of the revolution, proud of our hamvatans and proud of human rights under the Islamic regime.

Change in our land will/must come from within without any foreign or imperial zionist pressure. We should do our out most so that the imperialist zionist West does not put further sanctions on our beloved meehan.

Obama is just a Zionist/AIPAC tool and he should be ignored. We should make sure that this does not adversely impact our meehan's nuclear ambitions as the Zionist will attempt to take advantage of this.

I am still PROUD of my country, the Islamic Republic of Iran and all of our peoples accomplishments in the past 30 years. Change must come from within!

yes, theMrs. you are absolutely right.

"Rage, rage against the dying of the light. "

for the light is surely dying.

to little kids

To little minded KIDS in this site.

Stop your [I TOLD YOU SO] crap.  Obviously you have no heart and are only an opportunists who is turning this tragedy to YOUR benefit.

This thread is not for YOUR USUAL [I TOLD YOU SO] crap. there are plenty of other threads for you to [LOSSS] yourselves.

What a bunch of ignorant heartless little kids are some of us. If you are UNABLE to have a bit of emotion then keep it shut.

With all due respect to real ADAMIZAD'S here. 

-YT

Remark

Somebody said today "where were all these people when Omid-Reza Mir-Sayyafi's death was announced?" (among others, of course).
I thought about that question.

True. Where were you all?

When a Nation Weeps

Fracture the forced silence on our nation. Rattle the cages imprisoning us. Let the warden and the guards know that we are still alive, still breathing, still challenging the rulers.

Bear naked the sin of compliance. Bring to forefront the crimes of accomplices who equally either through their silence or contributions prolong this darkness…

There must be no anger, hamvatan. There is only a duty…

Sorry Delara.

I am so sorry Delara that you lived in such country that Justice, Humanity, and Peace has no meaning. I feel that i failed you as hamvatan, please forgive me. May you rest in peace.

You will not be forgotten.

My deep condolences to the family

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ای که بی تو خودمو تک و تنها میبینم
هر جا که پا میزارم تورو اونجا میبینم
یادمه چشمای تو پر درد و غصه بود
قصهء غربت تو قد صدتا قصه بود

یادتو هرجا که هستم با منه داره عمره منو آتیش میزنه

تو برام خورشید بودی توی این دنیای سرد
گونه های خیسمو دستای تو پاک میکرد
حالا اون دستا کجاس اون دوتا دستای خوب
چرا بیصدا شده لب قصه های خوب
من که باور ندارم اون همه خاطره مرد
عاشق آسمونا پشت یک پنجره مرد
آسمون سنگی شده خدا انگار خوابیده
انگار از اون بالاها گریه هامو ندیده

یادتو هرجا که هستم با منه داره عمره منو آتیش میزنه

I just learned

I just learned the news...I'm still speechless.

My heart goes to her family for what they have endured, for what they're going to endure...and for their endless and boundless suffering.

Today is another the day of our failure as human beings. A sad gray day.

Unforgettable.

But at least, Delara's pain has come up to an end. She has finally left that place in between hope and angst. She is not in that dark prison room anymore.  

Azarin

Dear Delara,

Rest in peace.

[My answer to people, who think even one single second capital punishment makes sense, will follow]

People brought this upon themselves....

Do you remember those days that people were screaming that "shah must go, did not matter what happened thereafter".

Do you remember those days that people were screaming that "party was only the party of god".

Do you remember those days that people were screaming that "leader was only roohollah".

Do you remember those days that people were screaming that they wanted "... islamic republic".

This is the end result of those ignorant acts, those misguided screamings, and those overt betrayal of iran and iranians.

Face it, the blood of every single youth, Delara being only one of tens of thousands, is on our hands, the hands of those who marched for islamic republic, who participated in the revolution, and who voted for the islamic republic and its ugly constitution without thinking, without asking what it was that they were bringing upon iranians. We are responsible for welcoming the devil into our country and letting him rule upon us and turning iran into a hell that any of us who could escape from had to run away -- even the hard core islamists are running away only to continue their short selling of iran in favor of their religion from the west that they despise.

We welcomed arab culture of 1400 years ago where baby girls were buried alive, trying to mimicking it in various shapes and forms ever since.

We sold iranian culture of making kings and queen out of females and making warriors out of women that ruled iran before islam, to welcoming stoning, hanging, raping, and enslaving of girls that began with arab invasion by Omar's soldiers, only to continue by khomeini's thugs and islamic republic's hooligans.

We have been moving backwards for 1400 years, and are not even wise enough and iranian enough to admit it. Even 1400 years of backward move could not take us where we are today in inhumanity, as these barbaric acts did not exist, even 1400 years "before" islam when iranians were rushing to practice "good words, good deeds, good thoughts" that was being preached to them by their prophet. The thought is associating a murderous act to iranian god of all good things was as outrageous as it could ever get, even 1400 years "before" islam.

We did this to our country. We, the islamists, the leftists, the pseudo intellectuals, and anyone else who in any shape or form participated in revolution and welcomed the atrocious islamic republic rule in iran, did this to Delara and tens of thousands of likes of her when we blindly accepted the devil, once 1400 years ago and welcomed it a second time some 30 years ago in the form of a black mulla who could hardly articulate a few sentence correctly in our native tongue.

Of course the islamic republic and sharia law is and should be brutal, since that is what it is, that is what it has always been; only that we did not want to know, and did not want to acknowledge, lest it would be an insult to our sacred religion delivered from hell, dictated straight from a coward murderous god who has no courage to deal with his creation himself but must delegate his murders to his representatives on the earth the mullas, who have infested nowhere but our country iran. We are responsible.

To zebel20

"beside they do executed people in america as well so, please dont blame it on the government.blame it on the family of the victim who wanted the capital punishment. "

Oh boy! this is the understatement of the year! yet one is never surprised when the crappy defense and justification comes from the IRI admirers on this Website.

What an assinine defenese! seems like you are not that zebel after all.

p.s. I say this is a Zionist propaganda ... how about that?

People brought this upon themselves....

Do you remember those days that people were screaming that "shah must go, did not matter what happened thereafter".

Do you remember those days that people were screaming that "party was only the party of god".

Do you remember those days that people were screaming that "leader was only roohollah".

Do you remember those days that people were screaming that they wanted "... islamic republic".

This is the end result of those ignorant acts, those misguided screamings, and those overt betrayal of iran and iranians.

Face it, the blood of every single youth, Delara being only one of tens of thousands, is on our hands, the hands of those who marched for islamic republic, who participated in the revolution, and who voted for the islamic republic and its ugly constitution without thinking, without asking what it was that they were bringing upon iranians. We are responsible for welcoming the devil into our country and letting him rule upon us and turning iran into a hell that any of us who could escape from had to run away -- even the hard core islamists are running away only to continue their short selling of iran in favor of their religion from the west that they despise.

We welcomed arab culture of 1400 years ago where baby girls were buried alive, trying to mimicking it in various shapes and forms ever since.

We sold iranian culture of making kings and queen out of females and making warriors out of women that ruled iran before islam, to welcoming stoning, hanging, raping, and enslaving of girls that began with arab invasion by Omar's soldiers, only to continue by khomeini's thugs and islamic republic's hooligans.

We have been moving backwards for 1400 years, and are not even wise enough and iranian enough to admit it. Even 1400 years of backward move could not take us where we are today in inhumanity, as these barbaric acts did not exist, even 1400 years "before" islam when iranians were rushing to practice "good words, good deeds, good thoughts" that was being preached to them by their prophet. The thought is associating a murderous act to iranian god of all good things was as outrageous as it could ever get, even 1400 years "before" islam.

We did this to our country. We, the islamists, the leftists, the pseudo intellectuals, and anyone else who in any shape or form participated in revolution and welcomed the atrocious islamic republic rule in iran, did this to Delara and tens of thousands of likes of her when we blindly accepted the devil, once 1400 years ago and welcomed it a second time some 30 years ago in the form of a black mulla who could hardly articulate a few sentence correctly in our native tongue.

Of course the islamic republic and sharia law is and should be brutal, since that is what it is, that is what it has always been; only that we did not want to know, and did not want to acknowledge, lest it would be an insult to our sacred religion delivered from hell, dictated straight from a coward murderous god who has no courage to deal with his creation himself but must delegate his murders to his representatives on the earth the mullas, who have infested nowhere but our country iran. We are responsible.

Very tragic and shameful

As I sit quietly here with tears in my eyes, I try to be hopeful that Delara was the last one who died for the sake of political zoor- aazmaie. I desperately want to know how such criminal acts are confirmed and supported by the religious protocals. That process is perplexing to me.

People brought this upon themselves....

Do you remember those days that people were screaming that "shah must go, did not matter what happened thereafter".

Do you remember those days that people were screaming that "party was only the party of god".

Do you remember those days that people were screaming that "leader was only roohollah".

Do you remember those days that people were screaming that they wanted "... islamic republic".

This is the end result of those ignorant acts, those misguided screamings, and those overt betrayal of iran and iranians.

Face it, the blood of every single youth, Delara being only one of tens of thousands, is on our hands, the hands of those who marched for islamic republic, who participated in the revolution, and who voted for the islamic republic and its ugly constitution without thinking, without asking what it was that they were bringing upon iranians. We are responsible for welcoming the devil into our country and letting him rule upon us and turning iran into a hell that any of us who could escape from had to run away -- even the hard core islamists are running away only to continue their short selling of iran in favor of their religion from the west that they despise.

We welcomed arab culture of 1400 years ago where baby girls were buried alive, trying to mimicking it in various shapes and forms ever since.

We sold iranian culture of making kings and queen out of females and making warriors out of women that ruled iran before islam, to welcoming stoning, hanging, raping, and enslaving of girls that began with arab invasion by Omar's soldiers, only to continue by khomeini's thugs and islamic republic's hooligans.

We have been moving backwards for 1400 years, and are not even wise enough and iranian enough to admit it. Even 1400 years of backward move could not take us where we are today in inhumanity, as these barbaric acts did not exist, even 1400 years "before" islam when iranians were rushing to practice "good words, good deeds, good thoughts" that was being preached to them by their prophet. The thought is associating a murderous act to iranian god of all good things was as outrageous as it could ever get, even 1400 years "before" islam.

We did this to our country. We, the islamists, the leftists, the pseudo intellectuals, and anyone else who in any shape or form participated in revolution and welcomed the atrocious islamic republic rule in iran, did this to Delara and tens of thousands of likes of her when we blindly accepted the devil, once 1400 years ago and welcomed it a second time some 30 years ago in the form of a black mulla who could hardly articulate a few sentence correctly in our native tongue.

Of course the islamic republic and sharia law is and should be brutal, since that is what it is, that is what it has always been; only that we did not want to know, and did not want to acknowledge, lest it would be an insult to our sacred religion delivered from hell, dictated straight from a coward murderous god who has no courage to deal with his creation himself but must delegate his murders to his representatives on the earth the mullas, who have landed nowhere but in iran. We are responsible.

may she rest in peace

and deep condolences to the family.

turn the site off

kheili koskholid

100 thousand like here have been assassinated, raped, killed to koskhol mikhahi turn the site off

what about Omid's horrific death and he was fighting for freedom

I bet with you all of you on this posting site have IRI (terrorist organization) passport and have traveled to Iran may be twice a year.

You perhaps buy IRI product and have money in IRI banks

you are hypocrites who have no life

the one who is crying you are depressed and need help like the 79 million Iranian people

you want to do something:

Born your terrorist passport and do it on the streets
burn the IRI flag in front of their terrorist cell in Washington DC
stop buying IRI products
and help other Iranian who need your help instead of stabbing behind their back

Your generation is the 40-55 was the worst and corrupt generation for the history of Iran and Iranians

Amnesty International

Amnesty International Middle East and North Africa Programme Deputy Director Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui said, hahaha that they are outraged of the execution.

wow. i just want to know, how many people die or are executed every year in africa and middle east, for hassiba hadj sahroaui to be outraged of the execution. what was it, the second person to be executed in iran.

beside they do executed people in america as well so, please dont blame it on the government.

blame it on the family of the victim who wanted the capital punishment.  

To Souri

I like your idea about shutting down Iranian.com ;-)

Stop barking!!!

This is a typical reaction for ignorant and emotional Iranian. Instead of that, do your research and find the facts and use them as your weapon in an international court of law.

A message hanging from a crane

This is the blog I wrote about Delara's execution:

 //iranian.com/main/node/63031

Delara Darabi, the young woman who had allegedly committed a murder under the age of 18 and who had received an unfair trial had to be hung in violation of international laws to which Iran has been a signatory.  With all the international attention on her case, Delara had to be hung, just as all the other new negative rhetoric from Iranian officials have had to be heightened since the Obama olive branch was extended in late March. 

Islamic Republic of Iran is scared shitless of the prospects of negotiations with US and ending Iran’s self-imposed isolation of the past 30 years.  Crackdowns on ordinary citizens, students, bloggers, union activists, and teachers have also increased over the past few months to send the message worldwide that IRI is not prepared to talk peace with anyone, for its very existence has thrived and lasted on this isolation.  IRI’s isolation from the rest of the world has given it a free pass to mistreat its citizens inside Iran and to violate their human rights on a daily basis without any accountability to the rest of the world.  Ending the isolation would seriously jeopardize the very existence of an ideological state which has made 70 million Iranians’ daily lives and thoughts its business to scrutinize, monitor, and control.

In addition to the ideological propaganda sent Iranian people’s way 24/7 from radio, television, school, textbook, and podium, entire organizations have been established and nurtured to talk hate and fear about the rest of the world to Iranian people.  IRI’s rejoining the world would require dismantling tens of huge, multi-thousand employee organizations such as the paramilitary Basij and the Islamic Propaganda Organization, and a concentrated cultural re-engineering of what has been in progress over the past three decades.  It is simply not possible to do any of that reform in a short period of time, something that arguably could have been in place had Khatami’s earlier attempts at reforms not been thwarted by conservative hardliners such as Ali Khamenei himself. 

Islamic Republic of Iran has passed any chances of reform and change in order to remain isolated to guarantee its very survival.  Delara’s execution is just another message to the world that IRI is incapable of change and reform and it will never re-join the international realm of peaceful co-existence with other countries.

Most unfortunately, with all the international attention Delara Darabi’s case received, her execution was the shortest, fastest, and most effective way for Islamic Republic of Iran to let the rest of the world know it has no intention of negotiating anything with anyone. 

My heart weeps for the youth and talent which had to be sacrificed to send the ominous message to the world.

JUST ANOTHER DAY IN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC

Is there one single day that the regime takes a break from killing and torture. Their only purpose in life is to create pain.