Raha’s name means freedom – she was killed by the US
MINAB, IRAN — On the first day of the war, the US bombed a school, killing 175. Seven-year-old Raha was one of them. Her name means freedom. We met the parents who are forced to live with the grief.
Raha. There were so many facets of the life that was Raha’s. There was the silly, outgoing Raha, dancing on the rooftop, dark brown hair flowing in the wind, arms stretched wide as she sang songs she made up on the spot, rhymes spilling out of her.
She would flash a cheeky grin before laughing hysterically, her father, Reza, behind the camera, capturing it all.
Raha, his only child, the center of his world.
