Secret document says Iran security forces molested and killed teen protester - BBC News

Revolutionary Guards' papers passed to the BBC give chilling details of Nika Shakarami’s last movements.

15 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated Topics2022 Iran protestsImage source, Atash ShakaramiImage caption, Nika was just 16 years old when she disappeared during protests against Iran's strict dress code for womenBy Bertram Hill, Aida Miller and Michael SimkinBBC Eye Investigations An Iranian teenager was sexually assaulted and killed by three men working for Iran's security forces, a leaked document understood to have been written by those forces says.

It has let us map what happened to 16-year-old Nika Shakarami who vanished from an anti-regime protest in 2022.

Her body was found nine days later. The government claimed she killed herself.

We put the report's allegations to Iran's government and its Revolutionary Guards. They did not respond.

Marked "Highly Confidential", the report summarises a hearing on Nika's case held by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) - the security force that defends the country's Islamic establishment. It includes what it says are the names of her killers and the senior commanders who tried to hide the truth.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68840881

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