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“I respectfully request the judiciary, I implore you, please to overturn my son’s death sentence…” Kneeling beside the father, a mute mother appears to be cradling the ghost of a baby . Their pleas, released three weeks ago in a video, were unsuccessful. This Saturday morning, January 7, between the call to prayer and sunrise, their 22-year-old son, Mohammad Mehdi Karami, was hanged.