A 17-year-old girl who vigorously joined the anti-hijab protests in Iran went mysteriously missing. A week later, her body, with multiple wounds on her face and head, was handed over to her family.?
Both Nika Shakarami's nose and her skull were broken.?
Nika Shakarami, 17, was one of the many protesters who took to the streets across Iran to voice their opposition to the murder of Mahsa Amini, 22, who was held by the moral police at the time for allegedly inappropriately donning her hijab. She disappeared as a protest was going on.?
Her body was returned a week later with blows to her nose and broken bones in her skull.
Media sources claim that when the Shakarami family went to identify the body, they were not permitted to see her head.?
She had broken her nose. A big thing, presumably a baton, had repeatedly hammered into Nika's skull. Her suspicious wound's cause is now unclear.
Internet is heartbroken with yet another loss of life¡ª An abrupt end to yet another life.?
"The international community has a duty to investigate this crime and prevent further crimes from being committed by the Islamic Republic," reported an Abu-Dhabi-based daily, The National News quoting IHR director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam.
After the death of Amini on September 16, protests have erupted across Iran and are in their third week. The National News reported widespread rallies and strikes throughout the country¡¯s Kurdish region on Saturday.
The protests, sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old from Iranian Kurdistan, have become the biggest show of opposition to Iran¡¯s clerical authorities since 2019, with dozens killed in the unrest. As per the last reports, about 83 people died in the protests.
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