Somayeh Mehry (30) and Rana Afghanipour (4) are a mother and daughter living in a village called Hemet Abad located in Bam, a city in the south of Iran. They were attacked with acid by Somayeh's husband Amir. Samayeh was beaten up ten times by her husband and imprisoned in a room. Finally, she asked her husband for a divorce because of his violent behavior. Amir, Somayeh's husband, threatened his wife and said that if she files for divorce, he would ruin her life, destroy her life, and stop her from stepping outside her house ever again.

One night in June 2011, he poured acid on Somayeh and Rana as they slept. Somayeh's and Rana's faces, hands, and, in places, their bodies were severely burned. Somayeh was blinded, and Rana lost one of her eyes. Somayeh and her two daughters, Rana, 4, and Nazanin, 7, have been living in her father's house since the acid-throwing incident. Somayeh's father, to provide his daughter's medical expenses, sold his farm. Somayeh and Rana have not left their home for two years. They leave home only for the treatment of their faces. Every month, they travel 1300 kilometers from their home in Bam located in the south of Iran to Tehran for medical treatment.

Somayeh is suffering from depression. Somayeh's dream is to see that Rana is treated completely so that she can go to school just like the rest of the girls her age. Around 98% of all acid-throwing victims are women and girls, 90% of all acid-throwing incidents are because of emotional and love-related situations, and 10% of them are a result of taking revenge by men. According to the statistics, the highest number of acid-throwing incidents happens in countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Bangladesh, Nepal, India, and Cambodia.