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Memorial portrait of Homa Darabi, an Iranian pediatrician and child psychiatry professor dismissed after the 1979 revolution for refusing hijab laws, who self-immolated in protest in 1994 and died in hospital from her injuries.

Memorial portrait of Homa Darabi, an Iranian pediatrician and child psychiatry professor dismissed after the 1979 revolution for refusing hijab laws, who self-immolated in protest in 1994 and died in hospital from her injuries.

یادبود هما دارابی، پزشک کودکان و استاد روانپزشکی کودک ایرانی که پس از انقلاب ۵۷ به‌دلیل نپذیرفتن قوانین حجاب اخراج شد، در ۱۹۹۴ در اعتراض خود را آتش زد و در بیمارستان بر اثر جراحات درگذشت.

[Twitter — web scraper CSV ingest] @R1703Y92 Homa Darabi, an Iranian pediatrician and child psychiatry professor who got dismissed after the 79 revolution for refusing to adhere to the hijab laws. In 1994, she self-immolated as a sign of protest and later passed away in the hospital od the injuries. #MahsaAmini Tweet id: 1583487532091613186 URL: https://x.com/R1703Y92/status/1583487532091613186 Tweet created_at: 2022-10-21T15:57:02+00:00

Event date

Monday, 21 February 1994

Location

Tajrish Square, Tehran

Event

Self-immolation of Homa Darabi

Type

photo