Locks for cash: inside Iran's booming hair trade

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An eight-year-old girl sits with her back to the camera, her small frame almost hidden beneath a mass of long, shiny, curly hair. Her father has brought her to a hair buyer in…

An eight-year-old girl sits with her back to the camera, her small frame almost hidden beneath a mass of long, shiny, curly hair. Her father has brought her to a hair buyer in Tehran. The family needs money, he says.

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