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| Afsaneh Hajibaba |
There are pivotal moments in life that would change everything. There are pivotal moments that would stay with you till eternity and are impossible to forget.
I was a nurse, working night shifts in a hospital. One morning, as I was returning home, I was stopped by a horrific scene.
In Imam Hossein Square in , a 17-year-old boy had been hanged in public. I arrived at the scene when his body was swinging in the air and his legs making sudden movements. People were watching in awe. No one was even breathing. The terror was indescribable.
The dreadful spectacle of the tiny legs of a young boy twirling and seeing him struggling while suffocating, changed my whole life. I made a choice to fight against the brutal dictatorship ruling my country.
When I was leaving the country, I was not able to bring my 9-year-old son. Leaving him behind was one of the toughest moments of my life. He was weeping so baad that everyone in the airport was crying with him. I said good bye to my son, held the hand of my older daughter and stepped forward.
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