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The story of 16 years old Iranian girl, Atefeh Rajabi Sahaaleh fits perfectly.

Atefeh was arrested after being raped by a 51-year-old man. She was convicted according to Islamic Sharia law for unchastity (crime involving sexual behaviour).

During her alleged torture, she admitted to having had sex repeatedly with the 51-year-old ex-revolutionary guard turned taxi-driver; Ali Darabi. Darabi was a married man with children at the time.

Atefeh had been raped by Ali Darabi over a period of 3 years without her family being aware.

While in prison she was further allegedly tortured and raped by prison guards too. She told this to her grandmother who visited her saying that afterwards, she could only walk on all fours because of the pain.

The judge in her case was Haji Rezai. When Atefah realized that she was losing her case, she removed her hijab (an act seen as a severe contempt of the court) and argued that Ali Darabi should be punished, not her. She even removed her shoes and threw them at the judge.

Rezai later sentenced her to death.

She was publicly hanged from a crane in Neka, Iran, on August 15, 2004.


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