Nika Shakarami’s family planned to bury her on Monday, but her body was stolen and buried in a village about 40 km away.
- Security forces in Iran snatched the body of a 16-year-old protester and buried her secretly in a village, BBC Persian reported on Tuesday.
- Nika Shakarami’s family planned to bury her on Monday, but her body was stolen and buried in a village about 40 km away.
- The teenager went missing for 10 days after protesting in the Iranian capital Tehran on Sept. 20 over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was arrested for allegedly violating the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code.
- Shakarami’s disappearance and death unleashed an outpouring of anger on Iranian social media.
- Her aunt told BBC Persian that she had sent a final message to a friend saying she was being chased by security forces.
- Iranian authorities have used protesters’ bodies as “bargaining chips” to silence the families of victims in the past.
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