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Raha is the story of a fifteen years old Iranian girl who unexpectedly got pregnant and she is trying to find money to take care of her serious unforgivable issue. We are joining and following her challenges and obstacles during one day in Tehran. This story is happening in the society that what she struggles with is still a "taboo" and yet nobody in the society accepts her even her own father.

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