Assignment - Leila's story

The Documentary: Archive 2007 by BBC

Dec 7, 200722:10Society & Culture

Leila is a young woman in Iran, sold into prostitution by her family at the age of 9, later forced into a temporary marriage, and then sentenced to hang at the age of 18. She was finally reprieved, but what does her stor...

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