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[email protected] A letter to Delara n May 1st 2009, artist Delara Darabi was executed in the Islamic Republic of Iran after Ospending almost six years in prison for an alleged offence committed at age 17. She maintained her innocence up until the very end. I am at a loss for words. My heart is empty and my tears are flowing. I have just finished reading the details by attorney Mohammad Mostafaei of the minutes leading up to Delara’s execution. It is just too painful. This is my letter to Delara. Delara, I have known you for almost three years. We tried our best to keep you alive. We informed and had the High Commission on Human Rights at the UN, the European Union and Parliaments worldwide act on your behalf. We spread awareness through the media, to human rights groups worldwide. We kept in touch with your family and your lawyers. We conducted speeches GALLANT WOMAN and rallies worldwide. We sent you art supplies in prison and letters from supporters to keep your spirits publisher McLelland and Stewart, were cut from The Selected high. We tried our best to get in touch with the family Stories, a book that came out 13 years ago.