Bystanders applaud Abdolghani Hosseinzadeh (R) the father of Abdolah, an Iranian youth killed by fellow national Balal in a street fight with a knife in 2007, after he and his wife pardoned their son's convicted murderer, during his execution ceremony in the northern city of Nowshahr on April 15, 2014. The mother of Hosseinzadeh spared the life of Balal, with an emotional slap in the face as he awaited execution prior to removing the noose around his neck. (Photo by Araash Khamooshi/AFP Photo/ISNA)
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