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. Darabi studied medicine in United States and returned to Iran in 1976 to serve as a psychiatrist. After the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Islamic authorities shut down her office because she had refused to wear the compulsory Islamic dress in the form of 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 one of the most well-known squares of Tehran[2] while shouting "Death to Tyranny! Long live freedom! Long live Iran!"[3]

In United States, her sister Parvin Darabi named the Dr. Homa Darabi Foundation in her remembrance. Parvin Darabi also co-authored a biography of Dr. Darabi called, Rage Against the Veil.[2]

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  1. ↑ "Self-Immolation in Tajrish Square, Tehran" - OnTheIssues.com, the Progressive Woman's Quarterly
  2. 1 2 Spirit of protest
  3. ↑ ‘Rage’ tells story of personal struggle in Iran


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