2024-04-30 07:29:21
Young Iranian woman Shakarami was found dead in the street following taking part in a demonstration. Foreign media reported that she was suspected of being sexually assaulted before her death. (photo online)
During the anti-turban protests in Iran in 2022, a 16-year-old girl died. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported that, based on secret documents obtained, it is believed that the girl SarahKarami(Nika Shakarami) was sexually assaulted and beaten before her death.
In 2022, a large number of women in Iran started protests following the Mahsa Amini incident, including Shakarami, then 16 years old. The young girl disappeared following the demonstration and her body was found in the street 9 days later, the Iranian government then explained that Shakarami had committed suicide. However, the BBC obtained secret documents from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, which said the girl had been assaulted by members of the Guards before her death, and that she had been beaten, kicked and attacked. of baton.
The BBC said it had obtained a document described as “highly confidential” summarizing the investigation into the Shakarami incident and listing the names of the members who killed the girl. The report notes that Shakarami was trapped in a disguised Revolutionary Guard truck and was attacked by a member of the Revolutionary Guard who was on top of her. She was punched and kicked as she struggled to be tied up. At the same time, some members attacked her with batons as a sign of discontent. The BBC pointed out that due to the existence of many fake official documents in Iran, it took several months to verify the authenticity of the documents.
The young girl burned her scarf during a demonstration before disappearing. (Internet screenshot)
According to Iranian authorities, Shakarami’s death had nothing to do with the protests and she committed suicide. However, according to the investigation, Shakarami participated in the September 20 protest and was photographed burning her headscarf. She also shouted slogans such as “Death to the dictator” like others. The BBC said she was already under surveillance by the Revolutionary Guards. According to reports, one of the members of the 12th Squadron of the Revolutionary Guards believed that Shakarami might be the leader of the protest due to the girl’s unusual behavior and constant phone calls.
Young girl arrested following surveillance by Revolutionary Guards
According to reports, the team members tried to approach the girl in order to determine her identity as a leader, then called their companions to assist in the arrest, following which the girl fled. fled. The BBC also said the girl actually called her friends that evening and said she was being chased by security forces. The girl was then arrested by the Revolutionary Guards and imprisoned in an unmarked refrigerated truck. The report mentions that there were three members of Group 12, Arash Kalhor, Sadegh Monjazy and Behrooz Sadeghy, in the car with the girl at the time, and that the leader of the group was in control. The team then looked for places to place the girl, but as one of the police camps was full, they went to another detention center which was initially willing to take the girl, but later refused .
The team captain said that because the girl continued to insult the guards in the car, he feared that detention at the police station would incite others and start a riot. Therefore, following contacting the headquarters, they planned to send Shakarami to prison, then heard a crashing sound coming from inside the car. The three people in the car said the girl was making noise in the original detention center, so one of them stuffed a sock in her mouth, then asked Sadegh Monjazy to sit on her . Another member pointed out that Sadegh Monjazy put his hand down the girl’s pants in the car and said they began to lose control followingward.
Iranian Guard documents obtained by the BBC. (BBC)
Fight caused by sexual assault
Although the report states that Sadegh Monjazy put his hand down the girl’s pants, he admitted to being sexually aroused by the contact with the girl’s arm. Sadegh Monjazy said this triggered fierce resistance from the girl, so Sadegh Monjazy acted in self-defense. After the team leader stopped the car, he found that the girl had no signs of life and wiped the blood from her face and head. According to the report obtained by the girl’s mother, it was confirmed that the girl was attacked with hard objects in several places. The team leader said he did not intend to understand the cause of the incident, but wanted to find a solution. When requesting help from headquarters, they did not want to increase the death toll to 20 because there had been deaths. at headquarters, claiming that bringing the girl’s body back to base would not solve the problem, and he “threw the body out of the street”, then he abandoned the girl’s body on a deserted road under Highway.
The BBC also stressed that the report concluded that the fight was provoked by a sexual assault and that three batons and three stun guns were used, but that it might not determine which weapon caused the death. Later, the Iranian government reported that the girl fell from a tall building and died. Shakarami’s mother said she did not know if the girl who jumped from the building was Shakarami. The BBC also said it later learned of the report’s authenticity through Iranian intelligence and believed it was part of a 322-page report on protests in Iran. The BBC therefore believes that the content of the report in question is true.
Iranian Guard documents obtained by the BBC. (BBC)
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