Editorial photo #6513154 Human Interest
Masoumeh Ataei, Ten Years After Acid Attack
Medical personnel looks on as Mohammad Ali Nilforoushzadeh, Professor in the Department of Dermatology and the Head of Skin & Stem Cell Research Center in Tehran University of Medical Sciences, points at the face of Masoumeh Ataei, who is a victim of an acid attack, 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)