Hot-button Iranian doc “An Eye for an Eye,” that in 2025 scored a Special Jury mention at the Tribeca Festival, has been acquired by New York-based AI-driven documentary distributor Jolt dedicated to indie titles.
Co-directed by Iranian-born American documentary filmmaker Tanaz Eshaghian and Iran-based Farzad Jafari, “An Eye for an Eye” follows a real-life Tehran-set courtroom thriller centered around a woman named Tahereh who killed her drug-addicted abusive husband in self-defense. Under Iranian law, she could not get a divorce despite being systematically inflicted life-threatening injuries by him.
After her release from a 14-year prison sentence for the murder, Tahereh faces execution in Tehran unless she can pay the so-called “blood money” demanded by her husband’s family. “Blood money” is the traditional Islamic legal practice where the victim’s family agrees to pardon a convicted killer in exchange for a cash payment.
“As the clock ticks down, Tahereh’s son Mohsen is thrust into a desperate effort to save his mother’s life, navigating a legal and moral labyrinth shaped by grief, patriarchal values, religious law, and the silence surrounding domestic violence,” according to the doc’s promotional materials
