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Iranian mother spares life of son's killer with slap
Iranian mother spares life of son's killer with slap
Iranian mother spares life of son's killer with slap
The mother (R) of Abdolah Hosseinzadeh, who was murdered in 2007, removes the noose with the help of her husband from around the neck of Balal, who killed her son, during the execution ceremony in the northern city of Nowshahr on April 15, 2014, sparing the life of her son's convicted murderer. The dramatic events followed a rare public campaign to save the life of Balal, who at 19 killed another young man, Abdollah Hosseinzadeh, in a street fight with a knife back in 2007. AFP PHOTO/ARASH KHAMOOSHI/ISNA
Iranian mother spares life of son's killer with slap
Balal, who killed an Iranian youth Abdolah Hosseinzadeh in a street fight with a knife in 2007, is brought to the gallows during his execution ceremony in the northern city of Nowshahr on April 15, 2014. The mother of Abdolah Hosseinzadeh spared the life of Balal, her son's convicted murderer, with an emotional slap in the face as he awaited execution prior to removing the noose around his neck. AFP PHOTO/ARASH KHAMOOSHI/ISNA
Iranian mother spares life of son's killer with slap
Balal, who killed an Iranian youth Abdolah Hosseinzadeh in a street fight with a knife in 2007, is brought to the gallows during his execution ceremony in the northern city of Nowshahr on April 15, 2014. The mother of Abdolah Hosseinzadeh spared the life of Balal, her son's convicted murderer, with an emotional slap in the face as he awaited execution prior to removing the noose around his neck. AFP PHOTO/ARASH KHAMOOSHI/ISNA
Iranian mother spares life of son's killer with slap
The mother of an Iranian man Balal (L), who killed an Iranian youth Abdolah Hosseinzadeh in a street fight with a knife in 2007, cries with the mother of Abdolah Hosseinzadeh after she forgave Balal, giving him an emotional slap prior to removing the noose around his neck in the gallows during his execution ceremony in the northern city of Nowshahr on April 15, 2014. The mother of Abdolah Hosseinzadeh spared the life of Balal, her son's convicted murderer, with an emotional slap in the face as he awaited execution prior to removing the noose around his neck. AFP PHOTO/ARASH KHAMOOSHI/ISNA
Iranian mother spares life of son's killer with slap
The mother of an Iranian man Balal (C), who killed a fellow Iranian Abdolah Hosseinzadeh in a street fight with a knife in 2007, asks for the family's forgiveness as her son is brought to the gallows during his execution ceremony in the northern city of Nowshahr on April 15, 2014. Samereh Alinejad, the mother of Hosseinzadeh, spared the life of Balal, her son's convicted murderer, with an emotional slap in the face as he awaited execution prior to removing the noose around his neck. AFP PHOTO/ARASH KHAMOOSHI/ISNA
Iranian mother spares life of son's killer with slap
Samereh Alinejad (R), the mother of Abdolah Hosseinzadeh who was killed by a fellow Iranian, Balal, in a street fight with a knife in 2007, cries after she spared the life of her son's convicted murderer with an emotional slap in the face as he awaited execution with the noose around his neck in the northern city of Nowshahr on April 15, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ARASH KHAMOOSHI/ISNA
Iranian mother spares life of son's killer with slap
Balal (C), who killed an Iranian youth Abdolah Hosseinzadeh in a street fight with a knife in 2007, is brought to the gallows by judicial officals during his execution ceremony in the northern city of Nowshahr on April 15, 2014. Samereh Alinejad, the mother of the victim, spared the life of Balal, her son's convicted murderer, with an emotional slap in the face as he awaited execution prior to removing the noose around his neck. AFP PHOTO/ARASH KHAMOOSHI/ISNA
Iranian mother spares life of son's killer with slap
The mother (R) of Abdolah Hosseinzadeh, who was murdered in 2007, slaps Balal who killed her son during the execution ceremony in the northern city of Nowshahr on April 15, 2014 just before she removed the noose around his neck with the help of her husband, sparing the life of her son's convicted murderer. The dramatic events followed a rare public campaign to save the life of Balal, who at 19 killed another young man, Abdollah Hosseinzadeh, in a street fight with a knife back in 2007. AFP PHOTO/ARASH KHAMOOSHI/ISNA
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