Victims of Forced Love

[Bouncer]

Victims of Forced Love
07 December 2012

Bam, Iran

Ra’na’s body is always irritated and her mother removes her clothes to calm and cool her down.

Somayeh Mehri, 29, and her three-year-old daughter Ra’na live in a small town in one of the poorest regions in Iran. Somayeh’s husband, Amir Afghanipour, a thief and drug addict, hit her and locked her up many times. If she followed through with plans to divorce, he threatened that she would not live her life with her face. Then one night in June 2011, he poured a bucket of acid on his wife and child while they slept. Their faces, hands, and bodies were severely burned; Somayeh lost her ability to see and Ra’ana lost one of her eyes. Somayeh still needs hundreds of surgeries and Ra’na needs more than 70. The government and villagers have paid for some of these surgeries, sometimes selling their land to pay for more operations.



World Press Photo

[Mr I]

Speechless here

The minute I try make sense of it I sound bigoted, but I don't know any other type than middle eastern that do this so often

[auri]

Goddamn cock suckers. The men do things like this, rape and murder, because they are allowed to, because they aren't made an example of.

I would love to peel the skin off of his face, tie him in the street, and horse whip him until he stopped breathing. Then bring him back long enough to make him eat his lopped off penis.

[lipripper]

Yep evil bastards over there...Most people who havent been dont really see the day to day shit women go thru in the Middle east..

[Mr I]

I like frances.stance, ban the bhurka, start.from the ground up