by Monica Ricci Sargentini
Nasrin Ghadri was 35 years old and a PhD student in philosophy. died yesterday after being attacked during Friday’s demonstrations
Another woman died at the hands of Iranian police, as did Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish woman who was killed by vice squads in mid-September when she was arrested for a misplaced veil. Nasrin Ghadri was only 35 years old and a doctoral student in philosophy in Tehran. Last Friday, as she has been doing for almost two months, she took to the streets of the capital to shout Donne, vita, libert, the slogan coined by the Kurdish women’s liberation movement, and become a symbol of the protest. The police responded with an iron fist, attacking the demonstrators and repeatedly hitting the girl on the head with a club. In the hospital, the situation immediately seemed desperate and the young woman died on Saturday after falling into a coma. This was reported by Hengaw, a human rights organization based in Norway, which is closely following the situation in the Islamic country.
Officially, however, the authorities have not announced the cause of death. Nasrin was hastily buried at dawn on Sunday at the behest of authorities who feared renewed tensions. The girl’s father then stated that her daughter died from an illness or poisoning, a similar version to that adopted by the authorities in the Mahsa Amini case. An unacceptable behavior for the residents of Marivan, the woman’s town of origin, in Kurdistan, who took to the streets and shouted death for Khamenei, blocked some roads, threw stones at government offices and burned them down. In the videos circulating on social networks, agents can be seen responding with great violence, shooting at demonstrators, injuring at least 35 people.
Since the protests over the death of Mahsa Amini began, more than 250 people have died, including 32 children, and more than 12,500 have been arrested, according to the Hrana news agency. A dramatic toll that could get worse if, as demanded yesterday by an overwhelming majority of Iran’s 290 MPs, the law of retaliation is applied against the mohareb (enemies of God), those who incited the revolts, including some politicians.
November 6, 2022 (Change November 6, 2022 | 21:11)
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