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16-year-old Atefeh Sahaaleh was sentenced to death for having been raped The Islamic regime in Iran hung her in 2004 after charges of “adultery and crimes against chastity.” Born in Mashhad, Atefeh's mother died in a car accident when she was 5. Her father became a drug addict and barley paid any attention to he. She was raped repeatedly by Ali Darabi, an 51-year-old ex-revolutionary guard turned taxi driver. Atefeh had been raped by Darabi over a period of 3 years without her family being aware. While in prison, she was further tortured and raped by prison guards. When Atefah realized that she was losing her court case, she removed her hijab, an act seen as a severe contempt of the court, and argued that Ali Darabi should be punished, not her. She even removed her shoes and threw them at the judge, who later sentenced her to death. She was publicly hanged from a crane in Neka on August 15, 2004