The Iranian government released a medical report on Friday assuring Mahsa Amini’s death during her detention “it was not caused by beatings” but for “brain tumor surgery at age 8”.
The report released by the Islamic Republic comes from the Iranian Forensic Organization, according to the AFP agency.
“Mahsa Amini’s death was not caused by blows to the head and vital organs”, but by “surgery due to a brain tumor at the age of 8,” states the part published on Iranian state television. .
The young woman’s father, Amjad Amini, had indicated that her daughter was “in perfect health“.
“On September 13 (Mahsa Amini) she suddenly lost consciousness and collapsed. She suffered from a heart rhythm disorder and a drop in blood pressure, “added the report published by state television.
“Despite his transfer to the hospital and the efforts of medical staff, he died on Sept. 16 due to multiple organ failure caused by brain hypoxia, according to the same source.
This was stated by the demonstrators who have been protesting against his death for three weeks suffered a head injury during his detention. The Iranian authorities denied any physical contact between the police and the young woman and awaited the results of the investigation to make their position known.
Mahsa Amini’s death and a wave of protests
Amini, 22, died on September 16, three days after falling into a coma following her arrest in Tehran by the morality police on charges of violating the Islamic Republic’s strict women’s dress code, which requires veiled hair and discreet clothing.
His death triggered protests in the country and solidarity movements around the world.
The demonstrations, the most important in Iran after those of 2019 against the increase in the price of gasoline, were repressed with blood.
At least 92 people have died since September 16according to the latest report from the Oslo-based NGO Iran Human Rights, while an official toll reports about 60 dead, including 12 members of the security forces.
In recent days, some students have organized demonstrations in various regions during which they take off their veils or shout slogans hostile to the regime.
In a video verified by AFP, some young women, bareheaded, they shouted “Death to the dictator”referring to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Monday in a school in Karaj, west of Tehran.
The Iranian Attorney General, Mohamad Jafar Montazeri, acknowledged the participation of young women in the protests and denounced the influence of social networks.
On Thursday, Iranian justice denied that a 16-year-old girl, Sarina Ismailzadeh, had been killed in Alborz province (northwest) by security forces during protests, saying she had “killed herself by jumping off a building”.
On 30 September, Amnesty International said the young woman had “died after receiving severe blows to the head” on 23 September.
Iranian justice on Wednesday rejected any link between the death of another 16-year-old girl, Nika Shakarami, and the demonstrations in Iran.
US sanctions on the regime
The United States announced it on Thursday Economic sanctions against seven senior Iranian officials for their role in the crackdown.
Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi, “the regime’s key instrument in repression”, and Communications Minister Issa Zarépour, “responsible for the shameful attempt to block the Internet”, are among the sanctioned, according to a statement by the Treasury Department.
The United States had already announced a salvo of sanctions on 22 September against the moral police Iranians and various security officials.
Tehran targeted Washington for unrest
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, on Monday accused his archenemies, the United States and Israel, of fomenting a wave of unrest across the country.
“The death of the young it broke our heartsKhamenei, 83, said.
“But what’s not normal is that some people, without testing or research, making roads dangerousburning the Koran, removing the veil from women who wear it and burning mosques and cars, “Khamenei added on Monday.
The latest death toll from street riots was 154, the Iran Human Rights (IHR) organization released last Tuesday.
Source: Télam and AFP
Source: Clarin
