soraya manutchehri aunt

1986: The Stoning of Soraya M. 10 comments August 15th, 2009 Headsman. It was on this date, according to French-Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam’s The Stoning of Soraya M, that 35-year-old mother Soraya Manutchehri was stoned to death in an Iranian village. “The Stoning of Soraya M. (2009) cuts into the soul with its fierce, unflinching narrative of Soraya Manutchehri, a 35-year-old woman stoned to death in a small Iranian village in 1986 after being convicted of adultery. The Stoning of Soraya M. is, in my opinion, a very important book and movie for the Western world to watch, along with Osama, which is a film about the Taliban.Anyhoo, Soraya lives in Iran after the shah is killed/overthrown and Shariah (Islamic law) presides. Aghdashloo plays the role of Zahra, Soraya's aunt and surrogate mother, who stands up to her fellow villagers in defense of her niece. Bartered … The film is based on a book by journalist Friedoune Sahebjam.

The aunt uses her good standing with the men of the community to protect Soraya, finding her a job looking after the home of a widower.

The story as told by her aunt is smuggled out of Iran by the above named journalist. The 2009 film The Stoning of Soraya M. is about the harrowing true story of a woman sentenced to death by stoning because her husband accused her of infidelity. Her death was the subject of Freidoune Sahebjam’s 2009 novel, La Femme Lapidée, a book banned in Iran.

“The Stoning of Soraya M. (2009) cuts into the soul with its fierce, unflinching narrative of Soraya Manutchehri, a 35-year-old woman stoned to death in a small Iranian village in 1986 after being convicted of adultery. The Stoning Of Soraya M. is a harrowing drama adapted from French-Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam's 1990 book of the same name, directed by … Soraya is repeatedly hit again and again,until she is nothing more than a bloody pulp. Her death was the subject of Freidoune Sahebjam’s 2009 novel, La Femme Lapidée, a book banned in Iran. The victim was Soraya Manutchehri, a 35-year-old mother of seven who, in her own prophetic words, had become "an inconvenient wife." Soraya and her aunt are a similar pairing working towards a similar goal. Her body is not allowed to be buried and is left at the rivers edge to be eaten by wild dogs.

Her aunt retrieves the remains of the bones the next morning.