Homa Darabi
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Homa Darabi was a pediatrician from Iran
licensed to practice medicine in New Jersey, New York, and California. She returned to Iran in 1976 to serve as a psychiatrist. After the Islamic Revolution, Islamic authorities shut down her office because she had refused to wear the chador
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On Monday, February 21, 1994, about a month after a 16 year old girl was shot to death in Tehran for wearing lipstick, Darabi, a 54 year old mother of two daughters immolated
herself in Tehran while shouting "Death to Tyranny! Long live freedom! Long live Iran!"
Her sister Parvin Darabi
named the Dr. Homa Darabi Foundation in her remembrance, with her son co-authored a biography of Dr. Darabi, Rage Against the Veil
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Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
licensed to practice medicine in New Jersey, New York, and California. She returned to Iran in 1976 to serve as a psychiatrist. After the Islamic Revolution, Islamic authorities shut down her office because she had refused to wear the chador
Chador
A chādor or chādar is an outer garment or open cloak worn by many Iranian women and female teenagers in public spaces. Wearing this garment is one possible way in which a Muslim woman can follow the Islamic dress code known as ḥijāb. A chador is a full-body-length semicircle of fabric that is...
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On Monday, February 21, 1994, about a month after a 16 year old girl was shot to death in Tehran for wearing lipstick, Darabi, a 54 year old mother of two daughters immolated
Self-immolation
Self-immolation refers to setting oneself on fire, often as a form of protest or for the purposes of martyrdom or suicide. It has centuries-long traditions in some cultures, while in modern times it has become a type of radical political protest...
herself in Tehran while shouting "Death to Tyranny! Long live freedom! Long live Iran!"
Her sister Parvin Darabi
Parvin Darabi
Dr. Parvin Darabi Tehran is an Iranian born American activist, writer and an internationally recognized defender of women’s rights.-Background:...
named the Dr. Homa Darabi Foundation in her remembrance, with her son co-authored a biography of Dr. Darabi, Rage Against the Veil
Rage Against the Veil
Rage Against the Veil: The Courageous Life and Death of an Islamic Dissident is a book by Parvin Darabi, an Iranian critic of Islam. The book is about Parvin's sister, Dr. Homa Darabi, who on February 21, 1994 committed suicide by immolation in a city square in Tehran, Iran to protest the...
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