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THE GRIEF WAS TOO MUCH FOR SAMEERA TO BEAR.

Iranian Sameera Alinejad had two sons and lost both of them. One died in a motorbike accident and shortly after, the other was stabbed to death by his own friend.  Certainly, the grief was too much for Sameera to bear.  While she couldn't hold anyone responsible for the motorbike accident that killed one of her sons, she was lucky that judgement was served to the guy who stabbed her second son to death in 2007.  After 7 years of being in prison, her son's killer (Balal) was finally sentenced to death by hanging in full public view. To also bring some form of soccur to the family of the boy he killed, on the day Balal was to be executed, the Iranian Islamic court gave Sameera the honor of pushing away the stool Balal would stand on so that he can finally hang.  On the day of execution, the crowd gathered to witness the execution and Sameera was alert, waiting for the prison guards to give her the go ahead to push the stool from Balal's legs.  Noose on his neck, h...