{"id":4938967,"date":"2009-05-09T03:09:28","date_gmt":"2009-05-08T17:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/?p=4938967"},"modified":"2023-04-13T04:53:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T04:53:39","slug":"action-call-letter-to-ayatollah-shahrudi-about-delara-darabi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/2009\/05\/09\/action-call-letter-to-ayatollah-shahrudi-about-delara-darabi\/","title":{"rendered":"ACTION CALL: Letter to Ayatollah Shahrudi about Delara Darabi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stop Child Executions has sent the following letter about Delara Darabi to Iran’s head of judiciary, Ayatollah Shahrudi asking him to bring those responsible for Delara’s illegal execution to justice. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To prevent repeat of such injustices we must strongly demand accountability for such inhumane actions. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

We ask everyone to also send this or similar demand with your name to the office of Ayatollah Shahrudi and others addresses listed below as soon as possible.  Please also post it on different internet sites and send to your email list and ask to be forwarded. We will also post and send the letter in Persian after translation. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cIn the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate\u201d       <\/span>      <\/span><\/p>\n

                    <\/span>Quote from Quran<\/span><\/sub><\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Your Excellency Ayatollah Shahrudi, the head of Judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran:<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

The unexpected news of the execution of Ms. Delara Darabi in the prison of city of Rasht has raised many questions in the minds of the caring citizens of Iran and the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite your official order for a two month stay of the execution and without any prior notice to her family or attorneys, in the early morning hours of Friday May 1, 2009 Delara Darabi was hanged.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to official laws of the Islamic Republic, Iranian juveniles convicted to death sentence only after 48 hours official notice to the family and attorneys and only in their presence can be executed; however neither of these requirements was met in the case of Delara Darabi.<\/span><\/p>\n

Your Excellency Ayatollah Shahrudi:<\/span><\/p>\n

Presuming<\/span><\/strong> that the Islamic Republic despite its official ratifications of the both UN Conventions of the Rights of the Child and the Rights of Prisoners which had also been approved by Iran\u2019s Guardian Council has no obligation in their implementations and can execute those juveniles who have committed a crime before the age of 18:<\/span><\/p>\n

Presuming<\/span><\/strong> that the Islamic Republic of Iran has no obligation to respect the international laws as its own after they have already been approved by the Iranian parliament:<\/span><\/p>\n

Presuming<\/span><\/strong> that it was legal and just that the initial court hearing of Delara Darabi continued its session without the presence of her first attorney:<\/span><\/p>\n

Presuming<\/span><\/strong> that a few hours of court time were sufficient enough to decide the life or death of a young girl:<\/span><\/p>\n

Presuming<\/span><\/strong> that the initial confession that was taken from Delara Darabi was true and a scared 17 year old minor should not have been made aware of her self-incrimination rights and consequences of such confession before obtaining it:<\/span><\/p>\n

Presuming<\/span><\/strong> that the five years that Delara languished in prison, claiming her innocence until the end had no weighted significance:<\/span><\/p>\n

Presuming<\/span><\/strong> that Delara Darabi had no legal appeal rights for reconstruction of the murder scene to establish whether or not this small framed left-handed girl committed the offence or not:<\/span><\/p>\n

Presuming<\/span><\/strong> that Delara Darabi was guilty of murder beyond a reasonable doubt and her 17 years of age had no bearing on the death penalty verdict:<\/span><\/p>\n

Presuming<\/span><\/strong> that your official order as the head of the judiciary to grant a two month stay of execution for Delara Darabi had no significance to the lower judges, prison officials and the executioner in the city of Rasht:<\/span><\/p>\n

Presuming<\/span><\/strong> that the victim\u2019s family insisted on Delara Darabi\u2019s immediate execution the day before she was hung:<\/span><\/p>\n

Presuming<\/span><\/strong> that the numerously repeated words of “merciful and compassionate\u201d in the very beginning of every chapter of the Muslim holy book Quran had no relevance to Delara Darabi\u2019s fate:<\/span><\/p>\n

Presuming<\/span><\/strong> all of the above 11 points:<\/span><\/p>\n