VITAL
English
In Iran, Fereshteh, a single mother, is pushed to the brink as she fights to save her gravely ill daughter. With medical options dwindling, she considers selling her own organs to afford treatment. Meanwhile, in the United States, Dr. Dariush Yazdani, an Iranian-American physician, faces an ethical crossroads as his daughter’s survival depends on a transplant that may never come through legal means. As both families navigate two broken healthcare systems, their parallel journeys expose the human cost of desperation and the haunting complexities of the organ trade.
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