According to Etemaad newspaper, the final appeal to Iran’s head of judiciary was filed by Delara Darabi’s attorney. Abdolsamad Khoramshahi told the newspaper: “In murder cases, confessions alone are unacceptable and only serve as a supporting cause to help the judge verify the facts. Delara only once in the beginning after her arrest- with a specific intention- accepted the responsibility of murder, but for the past three years she has been screaming that her confession was false and she is innocent. Obviously reenactment of the crime scene which was promised by the judge who issued the death sentence would easily help discover the facts”.

Khoramshahi is hopeful that Ayatollah Shahrudi, head of Iran’s judiciary, will stop the execution.