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Documentary
'Execution of a Teenage Girl'
9:00pm - 9:50pm
BBC2 London & South East
In 2004, 16-year-old Atefeh Sahaaleh was executed in northern Iran for "crimes against chastity", a broad, flexible charge that can encompass any number of perceived sexual misdemeanours, though in this case it related to her underage relationship with a 51-year-old taxi driver.
A troubled girl whose short life had been marked by depression, neglect and abuse, Atefeh was targeted by Iran's "moral police", a formidable force with a virulently misogynistic stance on sex. This extraordinarily powerful documentary investigates the events that led to Atefeh's public hanging, while examining a judicial system that appears to punish those it should be protecting.
'Execution of a Teenage Girl'
9:00pm - 9:50pm
BBC2 London & South East
In 2004, 16-year-old Atefeh Sahaaleh was executed in northern Iran for "crimes against chastity", a broad, flexible charge that can encompass any number of perceived sexual misdemeanours, though in this case it related to her underage relationship with a 51-year-old taxi driver.
A troubled girl whose short life had been marked by depression, neglect and abuse, Atefeh was targeted by Iran's "moral police", a formidable force with a virulently misogynistic stance on sex. This extraordinarily powerful documentary investigates the events that led to Atefeh's public hanging, while examining a judicial system that appears to punish those it should be protecting.