Mahsa Amini's family sues those responsible for her arrest
Mahsa Amini's family lawyer says that her parents complained about the perpetrators of Mahsa's arrest from the moment she arrived at the Moral Security Police and then during the investigation and interviewing her.
Saleh Nikbakht told ISNA news agency on Wednesday, October 26: "I, along with my other colleague Ali Rezaei, took on the role of representing the parents of Mahsa Amini in the case: On Monday, one of us (Mr. Rezaei) appeared at the criminal prosecution office and gave explanations to Mr. Shahriari, the head of the criminal prosecution office, and after that, the special investigator of the case questioned the lawyer of the case and Mahsa Amini's father, brother, and cousin."
He added: "In this meeting, we requested from the head of the criminal prosecution and the investigator of the case, considering the specific situation of the case, the necessary and detailed investigation from the manner of arrest to the process of transferring Mahsa to Kasra Hospital, and the provision of videos and photos of all moments of her arrest and stay in the morality police, and that we have the right to permanent access to the case."
Mahsa (Zina) Amini, a 22-year-old from Saqqez, was arrested by Ershad patrol officers on September 12 and died three days later due to brain death.
Eyewitnesses stated that the beating of Mahsa Amini in Ershad's patrol car was the reason she fell into a coma.
However, on September 19, Tehran Police Chief Hossein Rahimi denied that Ershad patrol forces physically confronted Mahsa Amini, but regarding the images of the cameras on the patrol officers' uniforms and Ershad's van, he claimed that the uniforms of the Ershad patrol officers were equipped with cameras, but in the case of Mahsa Amini, they did not have cameras, and there were no cameras in Ershad's patrol van either.
Mr. Rahimi also claimed that the clothes Mahsa wears in the released video are different from the clothes she was wearing when she was arrested, an issue that Ms. Amini's father called a "lie."
On the other hand, over the past two weeks, Islamic Republic officials have repeatedly claimed that Ms. Amini has an underlying illness, a brain operation, and epilepsy. All of these claims have been denied by Mahsa Amini's family, who have accused the Islamic Republic of lying.
The murder of Ms. Amini has led to a wave of popular protests in the country, and security and law enforcement forces have responded to the protesters in a widespread and violent manner.
Official statistics on the number of people killed in the protests have not yet been released, but the Iranian Human Rights Organization has confirmed that 76 people were killed in the protests over the death of Mahsa Amini.
Source: Radio Farda
