AFP
News from the NOS•yesterday, 23:49
The family of a 16-year-old girl who died in September after allegedly being followed by the Iranian police was forced by the government to lie about her death. This is what a family acquaintance tells the BBC.
Nika Shakarami went missing in Tehran on September 20 after she may have taken part in a protest over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. She reportedly Shakarami informed a friend of her that she was being chased by the police. The disappearance was widely shared on social media and asked her family for clarity.
Ten days later, the family learned that Shakarami’s body was in the morgue of a prison complex. On state television, an aunt of the girl said Nika had died after falling from a building.
‘Hit with a hard object’
The aunt had previously against the media She said that the morgue family was only allowed to see Shakarami’s face for a few seconds and that the rest of his body was not shown. Soon after, the aunt was arrested and her video appeared on state television. A senior government official also told state television that the girl died from her injuries after she was believed to have been pushed or dropped from a building.
The BBC claims it has a medical examiner’s document stating that Nika died from “several injuries she sustained after being hit with a hard object”.
The girl’s body was taken to her father’s hometown, but was later said to have been moved by Iranian intelligence and buried some 40 kilometers from her hometown.
The unrest in Iran continues
It has passed since the death of the 22-year-old Consider unrest in Iran on 16 September. The woman was arrested by the religious police on charges of not wearing her veil correctly. According to eyewitnesses, she was mistreated after her arrest. She died after being in a coma for three days.
Demonstrations against the regime are taking place in several places and women are taking off their veils. More than 150 people were killed in the protests, according to an Iranian human rights group. In many places around the world, Iranians take to the streets to demonstrate. A large demonstration is planned for Saturday at the Malieveld in The Hague.
