Sara sits next to her mother Soheila Mehri, who suffers from breast cancer, in a hospital in Tehran on April 11, 2013, as she receives Morphine to tolerate her pain after the cancer spread to her spine. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI ( 519416749 )
A Morphine drip is attached to Soheila Mehri, who suffers from breast cancer, at a hospital in Tehran on April 11, 2013, to ease her pain after the cancer spread in her spine. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI ( 519416751 )
Sara cries as she kisses the hand of her mother Soheila Mehri, who suffers from breast cancer, in a hospital in Tehran on April 11, 2013. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI ( 519416757 )
Hamed (L) and Masood (R) carry their sister Soheila Mehri (C) on a chair from her flat on the fourth flour to take her to the hospital for radiotherapy on February 23, 2013, after the cancer spread to her brain. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI ( 519416891 )
Soheila Mehri, who suffers from breast cancer, puts on her scarf after undergoing radiotherapy treatment at a hospital in Tehran on March 4, 2013. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI ( 519416774 )
A nurse prepares Soheila Mehri, who suffers from breast cancer, for radiotherapy treatment at a hospital in Tehran on March 3, 2013. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI ( 519416821 )
Breast cancer patient Soheila Mehri, waits for her husband to take her home after she was examined by a traditional herbal doctor at a clinic in Tehran on February 21, 2013, after the cancer spread to her brain. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI ( 519416898 )
Soheila Mehri, who suffers from breast cancer, gets help from her brother Hamed (R) and sister-in-law Farahnaz (L) to walk in her house in Tehran on February 25, 2013, when she was feeling better and was able to walk again. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI ( 519416843 )
Nasser Nahoomi comforts his wife, Soheila Mehri, who suffers from breast cancer, as they wait for her radiotherapy treatment at a hospital in Tehran on February 23, 2013, after the cancer spread to her brain. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI ( 519416867 )
Breast cancer patient Soheila Mehri, sleeps in the car on the way to the hospital for radiotherapy treatment in Tehran on February 23, 2013, after the cancer spread to her brain. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI ( 519416880 )
Iranian Soheila Mehri, who suffers from breast cancer, walks to the bathroom in their house in Tehran on March 3, 2013. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI ( 519416782 )
Iranian breast cancer patient Soheila Mehri suffers from pain as she lies in her bed in her house in Tehran on March 3, 2013. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI ( 519416805 )
Soheila Mehri (L), who suffers from breast cancer, checks food prepared by her daughter Sara at their house in Tehran on March 3, 2013, when she was feeling better and was able to walk again. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI ( 519416813 )
Breast cancer patient Soheila Mehri, and her children Sara (L) and Hossein (R) congratulate each other at the beginning of Noruz festival at their house in Tehran on March 20, 2013, on the first day of new Persian year. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI ( 519416789 )
Sara and Hossein hug each other over the grave of their mother Soheila Mehri during her burial ceremony at Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Tehran on April 14, 2013, a day after she died. Soheila, a retired primary school teacher in Iran, passed away at the age of 54 after battling breast cancer for several months. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI ( 519416737 )