The mother of 16-year-old Nika Shakarami, who was killed by morality police during protests, was detained in Iran.

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The mother of Nika Shakarami, a 16-year-old girl killed by morality police during protests in Iran, has been detained in Iran. Nicky's sister reported this on social networks.

Nasrin Shakarami, Nika Shakarami's mother, has been an outspoken critic of the regime over her daughter's death. She rejected official claims that Nika's death was caused by a fall from a building and insisted that security forces killed her during the protests.

In September 2022, a wave of protests swept across Iran following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman detained for allegedly wearing the hijab incorrectly. Video from a street protest taken days after Mahsa Amini's death shows Niki Shakarami standing on a trash can and setting scarves on fire. Shakarami's family discovered the girl's body in the morgue more than a week after she went missing. The Iranian authorities denied the connection between Nika's death and the protests - official sources stated that the girl committed suicide. Relatives of Nika Shakarami denied the evidence of the Iranian authorities.

Nicky's older sister, Aida Shakarami, announced in a social media post this week: "My mother was arrested this afternoon in Khorramabad [a city in western Iran]. “I don’t know the reason for the arrest or what she is accused of.”

In April 2024, Nika's sister, Aida, was detained for violating the rules of wearing a hijab. She was released after a week in custody. Aida Shakarami reported her mother's arrest on social networks this week: “My mother was arrested this afternoon in Khorramabad [a city in western Iran]. I don’t know the reason for the arrest or what she is accused of.”

In May 2024, the BBC obtained a document outlining the circumstances of the death of 16-year-old Nika Shakarami, who disappeared during the 2022 protests. In a classified document, security forces testify about the torture of the girl, as well as sexualized violence.