Her uncle said the teenager died of cardiac arrest while an Iranian lawmaker said the student “suicided herself by swallowing pills”.
He met a tragic death in Iran – where protests continue over the death of Mahsha Amini – a 15-year-old student, who was beaten up by class forces in a raid on her school.
THE Asra Panahi died last week, on October 13, after plainclothes police attacked her school, Shahed High School, in Ardabil, a city located in northwestern Iran, said the Teachers’ Union Coordination Council, which called on authorities to stop the killing “innocent” protesters.
Iran schoolgirl died after being beaten by security forces, teachers say https://t.co/f23mUSEehm
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The schoolgirls walked out of the school for an “ideological event” organized in a place known for holding protests after the death of Makhsa Amini.
Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian of Kurdish descent, died on September 16, three days after she was arrested by morality police in Tehran for what authorities said was a violation of the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code for women.
Some of the schoolgirls who “shouted slogans against discrimination and inequality” were “victims of violence and insults from women covered in headscarves and dressed in political clothes”, according to a statement released by the union on Monday.
When they returned to school, the female students were beaten again, the union continued in its statement.
The international community has to stand with the women of Iran. This is femicide. #MahsaAmini https://t.co/F3PQNbzQgT
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“One of the students, Asra Panahi, unfortunately died in the hospital, while others were arrested,” the teachers noted in their statement, adding that another child attending the school fell into a coma after being beaten.
Iran’s state television aired a video in which Asra’s uncle said the teenager had died of cardiac arrest.
Ardabil MP Kazem Mousavi, quoted by the Didban Iran website, said the student “suicided herself by swallowing pills”.
At least 23 children have been killed in a crackdown on protests by Iranian security forces, according to Amnesty International.
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