On 15 August, 2004, Atefah Sahaaleh was hanged in a public square in the Iranian city of Neka.

Her death sentence was imposed for "crimes against chastity".

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and she was just 16.

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she spent a short time in prison and received 100 lashes.

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she told those close to her that lashes were not the only things she had to endure in prison. She described abuse by the moral police guards.

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Former revolutionary guard, 51-year-old Ali Darabi - a married man with children - raped her several times.

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And at six o'clock on the morning of her execution he put the noose around her neck, before she was hoisted on a crane to her death.