Homa Darabi
Homa Darabi (January 1940 – February 21, 1994 in Tehran) 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.[1]
On Monday, February 21, 1994, about a month after a 16-year-old girl was shot to death in Tehran for wearing lipstick, Darabi immolated herself in Tehran[2] while shouting "Death to Tyranny! Long live freedom! Long live Iran!"[3]
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.[2]
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- ↑ "Self-Immolation in Tajrish Square, Tehran" - OnTheIssues.com, the Progressive Woman's Quarterly
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Spirit of protest
- ↑ ‘Rage’ tells story of personal struggle in Iran
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