The cousin of the unfortunate young woman describes the day the 22-year-old girl went for a walk in Tehran, accompanied by her brother and “dressed normally, wearing the hijab
Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman from the Kurdish city of Shakez in northwestern Iran, was arrested on September 13 in Tehran for not wearing her headscarf properly.
Three days later he died in hospital after previously falling into a coma. Since September 16, when he died, violent demonstrations have taken place every night in Iranian cities, with the death toll in the dozens.
At least 76 people have been killed in the protests, according to the Oslo-based NGO Human Rights in Iran, while Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reports around 60.
For the 12th night in a row – and despite a bloody crackdown – Iranians took to the streets on Tuesday in several cities across the country to protest Amini’s death as police made clear they would not back down against the “enemies of the Islamic Republic” of Iran and “some troublemakers.”
“Police personnel will oppose with all their strength the conspiracies of counter-insurgents and hostile elements and will act decisively against those disrupting public order and security everywhere in the country,” the statement continued.
“Mahsha Amini died from a violent blow to the head by the moral police” – What happened on the fateful day
Mahsha Amini died after a “violent blow to the head” by the notorious morality police on the day of her arrest, her cousin who lives in Iraq claimed.
Her 34-year-old cousin, Erfan Salih Mortezai, described what happened on that fateful day
The 22-year-old of Kurdish origin was in Tehran visiting relatives with her parents and 17-year-old brother before starting her university studies in northwestern Iran’s West Azerbaijan province when she crossed paths with morality police on September 13.
On September 13, Amini, her brother and their female relatives had gone for a walk in the capital.
Amini was “dressed normally. Like all women in Iran, she wore the hijab,” her cousin said.
On their way out of the Hagano metro station, “morality police stopped them and arrested Gina (Amini’s Kurdish name) and her relatives,” Mortezai said.
Amini’s brother tried to tell the police that (the family) was in Tehran for the first time and did not know the local traditions.
But his pleas fell on deaf ears.
The police officer replied “We will take her to the department, instill the rules and teach her how to wear the hijab and how to dress.”
“The police beat Gina, they beat her in front of her brother,” her cousin said.
“They slapped her, hit her on the hands and feet with a club,” she added, saying police sprayed her brother in the face with pepper spray.
Gina and her relatives were forced into the van of the morality police and taken to a police station on Bezarat Street.
The beating continued en route, he said.
“When they hit her on the head with the club she lost consciousness. One of the policemen said: “he’s faking it”.
After their arrival, it was at least 1.5 hours before she was taken to a hospital in Tehran despite pleas from her relatives, Mortezai said.
After three days in a coma, he passed.
Iranian authorities deny any involvement in her death.
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