The silence of the mother of a protester was broken in January last year: My son was killed in prison
The mother of Sina Ghanbari, a 22-year-old young woman who was arrested during the protests in January 2017, says her son was murdered in prison.
Sina's mother, who spoke to Masih Alinejad for the first time since her son's death, stressed with a troubled and affected expression that she regrets her one-year silence and now wants everyone to know that Sina Ghanbari was killed in prison.
The news of Sina Ghanbari's death in prison was first confirmed in January by two Tehran representatives in the parliament, and Mahmoud Sadeghi warned against a repeat of "another Kahrizki." But an hour later, the director general of Tehran province's prisons claimed in an interview with ISNA that Sina Ghanbari had committed suicide by hanging herself in the quarantine bathroom of Evin Prison.
Sina Ghanbari's mother says that before her arrest, Sina was planning her birthday with excitement and it is impossible for a young person with such a spirit to commit suicide.
According to Sina's mother, she had spoken to her mother on the phone twice during her detention, and the second time she said that she had been beaten but was still in good spirits.
He emphasizes that in the past year, he has not believed even one percent that his son committed suicide.
In addition to Sina Ghanbari in Tehran, Vahid Heydari in Arak, Saro Ghahremani and Kianoush Zandi in Sanandaj, and Shahabuddin Abtahi in Arak were among those detained during the January 2017 protests who were announced to have died in prison.
During the nationwide protests in Iran, which began on Thursday, January 27, 2017, and spread to 160 cities in Iran, the Islamic Republic of Iran carried out a severe crackdown, killing several people and arresting several thousand.
US Vice President Mike Pence was among the senior American officials who repeatedly supported the right of the Iranian people to protest against the government during the days of the protests.
US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert also strongly condemned the killings and arrests of some people in connection with the Iranian protests.
Nikki Haley, then US Ambassador to the United Nations, also called for the UN Security Council to address the suppression of protests in Iran and warned the Islamic Republic government that the world was watching its behavior.
Source: Voice of America
