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Seven Winters in Tehran
After seven years in prison, a female student in Tehran is hanged for murder. She had acted in self-defence against a rapist. For a pardon, she would have had to retract her testimony. This moving film reopens the case.
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Zar Amir Ebrahimi Narrator
Reyhaneh Jabbari Self (archive footage)
Shole Pakravan Self
Shahrzad Jabbari Self
Fereydoon Jabbari Self
Sharare Jabbari Self
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