The silence of the police regarding Mahsa Amini's brain death "due to beatings at the hands of the Ershad patrol officers"

The “brain death” of a 22-year-old woman in Tehran due to beatings by “police officers in an Ershad patrol car and the Vazra detention center” has sparked widespread reactions on social media. However, the Greater Tehran Police did not mention the beatings in its statement, claiming that she had a heart condition.
The "1500 Pictures" account announced the young woman's name as Gina (Mahsa) Amini and wrote that she is from Saqqez and had traveled to Tehran with her family to visit relatives.

According to reports published on social media, Ms. Amini was arrested on the evening of September 12 near the "Shahid Haqqani" metro station by Ershad patrol officers.

However, the Greater Tehran Police Command Information Center said in a statement without giving details that Ms. Amini "suffered a heart condition" and is undergoing treatment in the hospital.

The announcement states: "A woman named Mahsa Amini, who was directed to one of the Greater Tehran Police departments for briefing and training, suddenly suffered a heart condition and was immediately transferred to the hospital and is undergoing treatment."

Journalist Sajjad Khodakarami said in an interview with Iran International TV: "One of the detainees who was in the Ershad patrol vehicle confirms that he was beaten in the vehicle and that when they arrived at the detention center, his general condition was unpleasant, but he had a good level of consciousness."

According to reports, after the detention center officers "ignored" the woman's condition and the protests of other detainees, a clash broke out, and finally, the ambulance arrived at the detention center with a long delay to transfer Mahsa Amini to Kasra Hospital.

Kiarash Amini, Mahsa's brother, also said in an interview with the Iran Wire website: "When I arrived in front of the [Ministers'] building, about 60-70 people were waiting there in clothes for detained girls. When a few people were released, suddenly there was a scream and shout. We were all banging on the door of the building. We went up the door. But they didn't open the door. Suddenly, the officers came out with tear gas and batons and attacked us... Five minutes later, an ambulance left the building."

He added: "Every girl who came out said that someone had been killed. I showed the girls Mahsa's photo. One of them said that this happened to Mahsa in her arms. I was shocked and scared. I asked a soldier what happened? He said that one of our soldiers was wounded. They lied."

According to Mahsa's brother, shortly after 8 p.m. on Tuesday, doctors "told the Amini family that their daughter had been saved. They diagnosed Mahsa with a heart attack and stroke, and although her heart is still beating, her brain is no longer conscious."

Mahsa Amini's uncle also said in an interview with Faraz news agency on Thursday that "the atmosphere in the hospital is one of security and the Amini family is sitting behind the door of the intensive care unit praying."

He added that "I called Kasra Hospital on Thursday morning to inquire about Mahsa Amini's condition. The hospital reception operator said that the patient's name was not registered in the system and that there was no patient with that name hospitalized at Kasra Hospital. He hung up."

Mahsa Amini's uncle said about his niece's condition that "her brain had stopped working. Her heart is now semi-active and her kidneys are no longer working. The doctors said just pray."

He added that "yesterday the police chief came to see us with some of his colleagues. They came and said don't worry; we have entrusted them to provide you with lunch and dinner. It is not known who brought this disaster upon Mahsa; I told her this problem cannot be solved. Today it was our daughter's turn, tomorrow it will be another girl's turn. You are just erasing the issue."

This summer, after increasing strictness regarding the issue of mandatory hijab in Iran, violent attacks on women on the streets have increased.

Following the televised forced confessions of Sepideh Rashno, a young woman protesting against compulsory hijab with a face that showed signs of beatings, the beating of Mahsa Amini is another example of violence against women inside detention centers.

Social media users have written that when live hooks are used to arrest women who oppose the hijab on the streets and they are violently forced into patrol vans, the level of violence against detainees in the confined spaces of detention centers is probably far beyond imagination.

Source: Radio Farda