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Geste de Pardon / Forgiveness Gesture series, 2014. In Iran, hangings generally take place in public. The family of a murder victim can participate in the execution by pushing the guilty person’s chair away. In 2014, a young man called Balal was deemed responsible for stabbing Abdollah Hosseinzadeh to death in a street fight. Instead of pushing the chair, Hosseinzadeh’s mother slapped Balal. This is a symbolic gesture of forgiveness and, in accordance with tradition, ended the execution. (Photo by Arash Khamooshi/The Guardian)
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