Tehran: another death in custody in Iran. Celebrity chef Mehrshad Shahidi was beaten to death by the Iranian police. It was reported that Shahidi, who participated in the protest against the hijab, was arrested by the police.
Shahidi died of head injuries while in custody, The Telegraph reports. But authorities say they are not responsible for Shahidi’s death. Shahidi’s parents also said police are under pressure to say Shahidi died from a heart attack.
Justice chief Abdul Mehdi Musafi said there are no scars or wounds on Shahidi’s body. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest to attend Shahidi’s funeral on Saturday.
He is known as Jamie Oliver of Iran. The police brutality took place the day before Mehrshad Shahidi’s twentieth birthday.
After the death of Mahsa Amini, who was detained by the police because of her hijab, the anti-hijab protest in Iran has strengthened. This is the first time that Iran has seen such a protest since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
On 13 September Mahsa Amini, who was traveling to Tehran with her family from Kurdistan, was taken into custody by the Iranian moral police. Mahsa was arrested on suspicion of not wearing the hijab correctly. His lifeless body was found by his family three days after she was taken into police custody.
Police explained that Mahsa died of a heart attack. However, the family says Mahsa suffered atrocities in custody. She was dragged into the street and loaded into a police car. The family said police beat Mahsaya in the vehicle and on the street. The family claims she had no heart disease and the police beat Mahsia to death.
