Iran ‘bears responsibility’ for Mahsa Amini’s ‘unlawful death’: UN report

UN says Iran is ‘responsible’ for Mahsa Amini’s ‘wrongful death’ in 2022 that sparked nationwide protests report said Friday.

The ruling follows a report by the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, which found that the Iranian government used “unnecessary and disproportionately lethal force” to repel protesters after their deaths. He said he went there.

Amini was a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in September 2022 after being detained by Iran’s moral police on charges of “inappropriate” wearing of the hijab.

The UN report rejects Iran’s claim that Amini died from a medical condition from childhood, saying, “Based on the evidence, suspected complications resulting from Amini’s surgery as a child were not the direct cause of death.” It can be excluded as such.”

The report said the mission “confirmed the existence of evidence of trauma inflicted on Ms. Amini’s body while in the custody of the morality police,” adding that she had been subjected to “physical violence leading to death.” .

“The state is therefore responsible for her wrongful death,” the report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council said.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanani was denied It said the report’s claims were “based on false and biased information”.

The report does not name anyone specifically in her death.

The report also said Tehran’s security forces carried out “unlawful” killings against demonstrators “in circumstances where there was no imminent threat of death or serious injury.”

Some detained faced threats of rape and sexual violence.

“Security forces exploited social and cultural stigma associated with sexual and gender-based violence to spread fear, humiliate, and punish women, men, and children,” the report said. There is.