"Mother's heart trembled"

Iranian authorities canceled the killer's execution at the last moment after the murdered teenager's mother forgave him seconds before the death sentence was carried out. When a noose was already thrown around the neck of the Iranian criminal and a stool was supposed to be knocked out from under his feet, the mother of the teenager he had killed suddenly ran up to him and slapped him. The “spectators” at first thought that the woman was saying goodbye to the murderer of her son in this way, but she suddenly raised his hand and shouted loudly that she forgives him.

7 years ago, during a street fight in the town of Royan, in the province of Mazandaran, Balal stabbed to death his peer, 17-year-old Abdullah Husseinzadeh, after which he was sentenced to death.

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1. A man named Balal is led to the gallows to be executed in Iran. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

2. Workers prepare a noose for execution. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

3. The exhausted mother of Balal asks for forgiveness from the family of the deceased, while her son was brought to the gallows. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

4. Iranian women pray for Balal, who was led to the gallows. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

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7. The mother of a dead teenager slaps the killer of her 17-year-old son. Previously, the woman had already lost her other son, who crashed on a motorcycle at 11 years old. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

8. The mothers of the deceased and the killers embrace each other. One cries for a lost son, the other for a saved one. The main reason that prompted to forgive the killer was a dream, when her son came to his mother in a dream and said that he was in a good place, he was happy with everything, and asked not to avenge him. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

9. Parents mourn their son after forgiveness of the killer. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)