A woman from Sardasht ended her life by hanging herself.
The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that this woman had been suffering from breast cancer. The main cause of the suicide has not been identified so far.
It should be noted that Fatemeh Jame was 40 years old and had three children.
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