The mom of a 16-year-old Iranian lady has stated she was killed by blows to her head as a part of the crackdown on anti-hijab protests throughout the nation.
Nasreen Shakarami disputed official claims her daughter Nika fell to her dying from a excessive constructing.
She additionally stated authorities saved {the teenager}’s dying a secret for 9 days after which snatched the physique from a morgue to bury her in a distant space in opposition to the household’s needs.
Nika Shakarami has change into the most recent icon of the protests, which had been sparked by the dying of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini within the custody of Iran’s morality police.
They had detained her for allegedly violating the nation’s strict Islamic gown code.
Young ladies have defiantly torn off and waved their headscarves as they led the protests, which have known as for the overthrow of the Iranian regime.
The protests rapidly unfold throughout Iran and have been met by a harsh authorities crackdown, together with beatings, arrests and the killing of demonstrators.
At least 4 public fountains within the capital Tehran have been dyed purple, in response to social media posts, by an artist for a piece entitled Tehran Drowned in Blood.
Human rights teams estimate dozens of protesters have been killed over the previous three weeks.
On Thursday Amnesty International accused the Iranian safety forces of killing at the least 66 individuals, together with kids, and wounding a whole lot after firing dwell rounds at protesters, bystanders and worshippers within the metropolis of Zahedan on 30 September.
Iran has claimed the violence concerned unnamed separatists. More than a dozen individuals have been killed within the space since then, the report stated.
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In a video message to Radio Farda, the Persian-language arm of the US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Ms Shakarami disputed makes an attempt by officers to border her daughter’s dying as an accident.
She stated forensics studies confirmed Nika had died from repeated blows to the top.
Her physique was intact, however a few of her enamel, bones in her face and a part of the again of her cranium had been damaged, she stated.
“The damage was to her head,” she stated. “Her body was intact, arms and legs.”
Earlier this week Iran’s police chief, General Hossein Ashtari, claimed the teenager had gone to a constructing “and fell from the upper floor at a time of gatherings”. He stated “the fall from that height led to her death”.
Ms Shakarami stated her daughter left her house in Tehran on the afternoon of 19 September to affix the anti-hijab protests.
She stated she was in contact with Nika by cellphone a number of instances over the following few hours and pleaded together with her to come back house. They final spoke earlier than midnight.
“Then Nika’s mobile was off, after she and her friends were shouting names of forces while they were fleeing,” she stated.
The following morning the household looked for Nika at police stations and prisons however had no phrase of her whereabouts for 9 days.
Authorities lastly handed over the physique on the tenth day. Ms Shakarami stated authorities repeatedly demanded to take possession of the physique, which was being saved within the Khoramabad morgue earlier than it was buried.
On the day of the deliberate funeral the household discovered the physique had been snatched from the morgue and was taken to a distant village for burial beneath heavy safety, Ms Shakarami stated.
A photograph of Nika sporting a black T-shirt and sporting a two-tone bob haircut and eyeliner has been extensively shared on-line following her dying.
Authorities have arrested Ms Shakarami’s brother and sister. Her sister, Atash, later informed Iranian TV her niece fell from a excessive constructing. But Nika’s mom stated she believes her siblings have been pressured to echo the official model of occasions.
It comes because the official IRNA information company quoted the coroner’s workplace saying examinations discovered Mahsa Amini died of cerebral hypoxia – during which oxygen provide to the mind decreases.
It stated she suffered a number of organ failure however “her death was not led by blunt force trauma to the head, organs and vital parts of the body”.
It stated she suffered coronary heart arrhythmia, hypotension and lack of consciousness earlier than being taken to hospital.
Ms Amini’s household has beforehand disputed official accounts of their daughter’s dying whereas in police custody. They have stated her corpse confirmed clear indicators of being bruised and crushed.
Source: information.sky.com”