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Delara Darabi is Dead

May 1, 2009 islamoyankee

Executed today. Background here. Official site. Twitter feed (must follow at the moment).

We are from God and to God we return. May she rest in peace.

May those who are quick to deliver justice in this world taste Justice in the next.

Tagged Delara Darabi, Iran

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