The Islamic Republic authorities have arrested the mother of a teenage girl who was killed during the nationwide protests in 2022.
Aida Shakarami, the sister of Nika Shakarami, reported that security forces arrested their mother, Nasrin Shakarami, in western Khorramabad on Wednesday.
In an Instagram story, Aida said she is unaware of the reason for her mother's arrest or the charges against her.
Nasrin Shakarami had previously announced on the second anniversary of Nika's death that security forces had prevented her daughter’s memorial ceremony.
Agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) abducted, tortured, sexually assaulted, and killed Nika Shakarami, a 16-year-old teenager, during the 2022 public protests in Iran.
She disappeared on September 20, 2022, during an anti-government protest in Tehran.
Her family found her body in a mortuary outside the capital after spending days looking for her in prisons, detention centers, police stations, and hospitals.
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