Sara Tabrisi's father found his daughter lifeless in the apartment around a week ago. The 20-year-old was said to have been interrogated by the secret service the day before.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, who was imprisoned in Iran, blamed the Iranian government for the young woman's death. In autumn 2022, the death of the young Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa Amini triggered the most serious protests in the history of the Islamic Republic. The case caused another outcry online.