Iranian officials 'SNATCH girl's body from her parents' amid protests

Iranian officials ‘SNATCH body of girl, 16, from her family’ after she took part in anti-morality police protests, went missing for ten days and was then found dead in detention centre

• The body of Nika Shakarami was stolen from her family and buried 25 miles away
• Teenager went missing on September 20 after joining protests in Tehran 
• She was identified 10 days later at a morgue in the Iranian capital by family
• Iranian security forces allegedly stole the body to avoid protests in home town
• Videos on social media now show Iranian schoolgirls launching demonstrations 
• They ripped up images of the Islamic Republic founder and waved headscarves

Nika Shakarami was protesting in the Iranian capital when she was set upon by security forces

Iranian security forces stole the body of a teenage protestor from her family and buried her 25 miles away, it has been alleged, as widespread protests continue to rock the country following the death of Mahsa Amini at the hands of the so-called morality police. 

Nika Shakarami, 16, first went missing after she took part in a demonstration in Tehran on September 20, having told her friend she was being pursued by security forces.

Ten days later, her grief-stricken family members found her body at a morgue in the Iranian capital, but were only allowed to see her face for a moment to identify her before being whisked away, according to a relative.

Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad, who posted a picture of Nika on social media upon news of her death, alleged her skull was smashed from multiple blows. 

Her corpse was finally returned to her father’s home town of Khorramabad at the weekend, but sources close to the family told BBC Persia that the body was later snatched and shipped to the nearby town of Veysian.

The ordeal endured by Nika and her family is just one example of ruthless tactics used by Iran’s security forces to dissuade people from speaking out against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s regime and the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ruhollah Khomeini. 

It comes as stunning video footage from across Iran showed hundreds of schoolgirls removing their headscarves and taking to the streets, chanting ‘death to the dictator’ among other anti-regime slogans.

Nika Shakarami, 16, first went missing after she took part in a demonstration in Tehran on September 20, having told her friend she was being pursued by security forces. Her body was eventually returned to her father’s hometown but was allegedly stolen and buried 25 miles away (grave pictured in social media post)

Iranian journalist Maish Alinejad claimed Nika (pictured) was killed by security forces and said her skull was smashed from multiple blows

Iranian schoolgirl rips up a picture of the founder of the Islamic Republic Ruhollah Khomeini amid protests as fellow demonstrators chant ‘death to the dictator’

Widespread unrest was triggered when Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian, was pronounced dead on September 16 after being in a coma for three days following her violent arrest by Iran’s ‘morality police’, who are tasked with enforcing public order and religious observance.

Amini was targeted for allegedly failing to strictly observe the rules on wearing the hijab headscarf.

Her death prompted public outcry and non-stop protests have since raged for three straight weeks.

More than 130 protestors have been killed by security forces so far according to the Norway-based group Iran Human Rights after Khamenei, who yesterday claimed the demonstrations are merely the result of a foreign plot to destabilise Iran, told his security forces to ruthlessly crack down on any dissent and enforce order.

But despite the incredible danger, footage circulating on social media shows huge numbers of female school pupils removing their headscarves – a hugely symbolic gesture – and staging their own protests. 

One video showed schoolgirls tearing up pictures of Khomeini and launching the scraps into the air as they chanted ‘death to the dictator’ and the slogan ‘woman, life, freedom’.

Others showed huge numbers of students running into the street and blocking traffic as they waved their headscarves over their heads.

One clip posted yesterday appeared to display a group of enraged girls shooing an adult male official out of their school in Karaj while pouring water on him and pelting him with plastic bottles. 

Elsewhere students have been photographed in their classrooms showing the middle finger to images of the Supreme Leader and Islamic Republic founder while holding their headscarves aloft. 

Students pour into the street, removing their headscarves and chanting in defiance of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei (L). Girls chase away a male official at their school in Karaj (R)

Iranian students attempt to open the entrance gate at the University of Isfahan in the Islamic republic’s central city amid ongoing protests

Iran has accused the US and Israel for planning the violent protests that have gripped the nation

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reviews armed forces during a graduation ceremony for armed Forces Officers’ Universities today

Protests involving students have so far been reported across the country in Tehran, Saqez, Sanandaj and Karaj, but there are likely to be many more. 

Iranian authorities meanwhile accused the US and Israel for orchestrating the protests, the likes of which are almost unprecedented in scale.   

Khamenei yesterday responded publicly to the protests, breaking weeks of silence to blame his enemies.

Speaking to a cadre of police students in Tehran, Khamenei said he was ‘heartbroken’ by the death of Amini in police custody, calling it a ‘sad incident.’  

But he sharply condemned the protests as a foreign plot to destabilise Iran.

Khamenei said: ‘This rioting was planned. These riots and insecurities were designed by America and the Zionist regime, and their employees.’

He added: ‘The duty of our security forces, including police, is to ensure the safety of the Iranian nation.

‘The ones who attack the police are leaving Iranian citizens defenceless against thugs, robbers and extortionists.’ 

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