Sickening details about Mahsa Amini's death. She was arrested for "wearing tight trousers", and women who were arrested alongside her told her father that "she was beaten inside a van that was transporting them." By @PHREUTERS #مهساامینی reuters.com/world/middle-e…
"Amini minded her own business and steered clear of politics, two sources close to her family said, traits that most Iranians hope would keep them out of trouble in the Islamic Republic."
"But on Sept 13, Amini would pay a heavy price for not paying attention to every detail of her clothing as she and her family visited her uncle in Tehran.
She was arrested as soon as she stepped out of a train station in the evening."
She was arrested as soon as she stepped out of a train station in the evening."
"Amini and her brother begged for mercy, saying they were not familiar with the rules in Tehran. She was begging her brother not to let them take her...She was crying and pleading with police to let her go, the father was told."
"Her brother waited in front of Vozara morality police detention centre for her. But after two hours an ambulance arrived to transfer her to a hospital. The family eventually found Amini at the Kasra hospital"
"Doctors kept the family in the dark. Loved ones had no access to her CT scan. In the coroner's office her body was covered in such a way that her father could not see anything except a small part of her leg that was bruised, the sources said."
"He kept begging doctors to brief him about his daughter’s condition. But no one answered him," said another source."
"Women who were arrested along with Mahsa told her father that she was beaten inside a van that was transporting them. She was crying and pleading with police to let her go, the father was told."
"The police told the father that cameras in the van did not function. So, the family does not know what happened inside the van and at the detention centre," said one of the sources close to the family."
"The police told the father that cameras in the van did not function. So, the family does not know what happened inside the van and at the detention centre," said one of the sources close to the family."
"In an instant, she would be robbed of her dreams of one day getting married and having children after finishing university."
"She wanted to live a normal and happy life,"
"She wanted to live a normal and happy life,"
"Far removed from politics, Amini's family is still trying to make sense of her death.
Her mother insists that Mahsa's hijab was proper. During the funeral, she was repeatedly saying "Why, why?"
Her mother insists that Mahsa's hijab was proper. During the funeral, she was repeatedly saying "Why, why?"
"My daughter had proper Hijab and her coat was long and black, but I don't know why she was arrested."
"Where is my daughter? Where is my child?,” she repeats everyday..."
"Where is my daughter? Where is my child?,” she repeats everyday..."
"A statement on Instagram from the hospital which was later taken down said she was brain dead when she arrived there."
"Resuscitation was performed on the patient and her heartbeat returned and the patient was admitted to the intensive care unit," the hospital said."
"Resuscitation was performed on the patient and her heartbeat returned and the patient was admitted to the intensive care unit," the hospital said."
"But unfortunately, after 48 hours on Friday, she had a cardiac arrest again, due to brain death. In spite of the medical team's efforts, the medical team could not revive her and she died."
"Iranian authorities have told Amini's relatives to avoid speaking about her case, said the two sources close to the family. Her father, mother and uncle do not answer their phones."
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