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Nika Shakarami was born on 2 October 2005 [4] in Khorramabad, Lorestan province, to a Lur family. [5] [6] Little is publicly known of her background. [7] She had family ties to Khorramabad in southwestern Iran, [7] the city having been her father's hometown. [4] She was the second child in the family. [5]
Nasreen Shakarami also said authorities kept her daughter Nika’s death a secret for nine days and then snatched the body from a morgue to bury her in a remote area, against the family’s wishes.
Nika Shakarami's death also sparked widespread outrage at the time. Amini died after being detained by police over allegedly not wearing her mandatory hijab, or headscarf, to their liking.
Nika Shakarami: 16/17 Tehran Standing on top of a dumpster at the head of a student protest downtown, she burned her hijab, was chased by Basijis, disappeared without a trace and was handed over dead to her family nine days later. She allegedly fell from an unoccupied house; however, according to an autopsy, she suffered many broken bones from ...
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Mural with the faces of Sarina Esmaielzahdeh, Mahsa Amini, Fereshteh Ahmadi, and Nika Shakarami in Jerusalem On 23 September 2022, Iranian teenager Sarina Esmailzadeh (Persian: سارینا اسماعیلزاده) died of severe beating on the head by security forces during the Mahsa Amini protests in Karaj, Alborz province, Iran, according to human rights organizations.
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Seven people who knew Nika and spoke to CNN confirmed it was her. The same footage, filmed at 8.37 p.m. on September 20, also shows anti-riot police on motorcycles, patrolling the area. The story continues, with a detailed account of her final hours.