She was executed for killing the man who was trying to rape her. Now the subject of a devastating documentary, her mother says there are seeds of hope in her terrible story. | AFP
Her courageous story and poetic diaries from prison are the subject of a new documentary, “Seven Winters in Tehran,” which played at the Berlin Film Festival last month.
“Reyhaneh asked me to forgive the people who tortured her, and I tried for many years, but to this day, I cannot,” her mother, Shole Pakravan, told AFP ahead of the film’s release in France.But unlike previous generations in Iran, too fearful to speak out, she has managed to use the tragedy to raise awareness.
“Reyhaneh forgave even the people who did this to her. She stayed with her truth, her dignity and asked her family to do the same. This creates a piece of hope in this very sad story.” “Before people went to jail and came out and stayed silent. Now young girls are going to jail and being raped, and they still won’t be silent.”“I fight against execution and torture so when I see protesters calling for mullahs to be hanged, it makes me worry,” she said.
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