Somayeh Ahani, a tailor suffering from a respiratory disease, launched a sewing workshop to produce medical equipment to help Iran cope with shortages.
He operates out of a mosque alongside Zahra Ahani and other women volunteers.
Zahra said that although she was fearful of the disease, her daughter, and the experience of her nurse friends, made her want to contribute to keep people safe.
Gathering at the mosque helped her remember the old days during the war.
Meanwhile, Aniesh Khademi leaves her two disabled children at home with their father to help work on this sewing project.
Masoumeh Bahrami was born in 1990 in Sari, a city of Mazandaran province in the north of Iran. She works with Tasnim News Agency and was nominated for the 9th Sheed Photo Award in 2019 and winner of NVP grant in 2019-2020. View her portfolio here.
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