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A negotiation for life is at the center of documentary 'An Eye for an Eye'

A still from the documentary "An Eye For an Eye." (Courtesy of Falco Ink)
Courtesy of Falco Ink
A still from the documentary "An Eye For an Eye." (Courtesy of Falco Ink)

In the new documentary “An Eye for An Eye,” an Iranian woman will be executed for the murder of her husband unless she can pay her husband’s family a sum of money they will accept and forgive her.

Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan speaks with Tanaz Eshaghian, who co-directed the film with Farzad Jafari.

To see the film, click here.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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