Editorial photo #6513150 Human Interest
Masoumeh Ataei, Ten Years After Acid Attack
Masoumeh Ataei, who is a victim of an acid attack holds her face as she speaks with Mohammad Ali Nilforoushzadeh (Not pictured), Professor in the Department of Dermatology and the Head of Skin & Stem Cell Research Center in Tehran University of Medical Sciences, at his clinic in northern Tehran on March 8, 2021. Ten years ago, one and a half year after Masoumeh Ataei getting a divorce from her husband, lost her face and her sight after an acid attack by her father-in-law but, she had to forgive him because of a personal reason, Now after ten years she has to go to Britain and has to collect 70,000 GBP for the surgery expenses If she wants to regain her sight. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto)