In line with Iran Worldwide, a Persian information channel, “Iranian PhD candidate Nasrin Ghaderi, 35, who was learning philosophy in Tehran died on Saturday after being overwhelmed by safety forces with baton throughout Friday protests.”
They additional report that the household was pressured by the Iranian authorities to take part in a cover-up of the killing and to say as a substitute that Ghaderi died of flu and underlying illness, and that the official information company “has dismissed media studies that Nasrin was killed with baton, saying she was ‘spending her regular life’ when her household abruptly misplaced contact together with her, and as soon as their son-in-law broke into her place of residence in Tehran, they discovered her useless.” The official line doesn’t look like convincing many individuals: “outraged by the killing of Nasrin, the individuals of the Kurdish-majority metropolis of Marivan have poured into streets at present, chanting ‘Demise to Khamenei’”.
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