Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband and daughter Termeh (Sarina Farhadi), but Nader refuses to leave his ailing father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi).

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Another employee is denied leave when her employer asserts that it is not her responsibility to care for her ailing mother as long as her father is still alive.

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When a job doesn't offer family leave, that also hurts men who want to help care for a new baby or an ailing parent.

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Indeed the mixture of an ailing football club with little to spend on quality players, and constant outgoings to cover, may yet leave Delia Smith as sick as a parrot.

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