Alinejad Hosseinzadeh spared the killer, known as Balal, after executioners had put the noose around his neck in the town of Royan. The victim’s mother has said She said vengeance has now ‘left her heart’ after she let the convict live. She was supposed to kick the chair away from under him, but in a dramatic last minute reprieve, asked the rope to be removed and slapped him.