Stop Kobra's execution. Stop barbaric act of execution everywhere

22 year old Kobra Rahmanpour was born in a poor family. She was only 17 when her father let her live with Alireza; a 53 year old man and his 75 year old mother. The plan was that if everything went fine, Kobra would marry with the man after three months.

Despite what was agreed by Kobra's father and Alireza as not to have sexual relations before marriage, Kobra was raped many times by the man. Then when Kobra complained to her father he only decides to accelerate the marriage process.

Kobra did not enjoy any rights while living with the mother and son. And when in 1999 Alireza leaves Kobra on the street after giving her only some money, Kobra, with nowhere else to go, goes back to Alireza's house and in a violent argument with Alireza's mother, the 75 year old woman gets killed.

In the trial of Kobra, the judiciary system fails to recognize that Kobra's crime was as a result of the harsh and unbearable condition in which she lived. It also fails to recognize that the wounds on Kobra's hands which were resulted from her struggle to take the knife out of the hands of the victims, were evidence of self-defense.

Kobra has lived in prison for over 5 years and according to the prison officials, she is not a violent person at all.

If you wish to join many voices who are speaking up for Kobra, you can contact free_kobra@hotmail.com to add your voice to the growing number of voices who want the execution ruling of the court be revised and new trial take place in which all the evidence including those pointing at this incident as self-defense be reconsidered.

This was shortened translation of "Let's speak up for Kobra" which was at Iran-e-Emrouz . Contact (free_kobra@hotmail.com) for more.