Iran Forensic Medicine Organization report rules out that Mahsa Amini was beaten

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The police who arrested a 22-year-old Iranian woman for failing to comply with the canons of dress, assured from the outset that there was no physical abuse of the victim who died in their custody.

This Friday, the Iranian Forensic Medicine Organization has issued a report that corroborates this version, attributing the death of Mahsa Amini to previous health conditions.

Her death is at the origin of the recent wave of protests, led mainly by women.

This official version contradicts that of alleged witnesses and medical experts outside the case.

These pointed to the possibility that Amini's skull had suffered some kind of trauma on the way between the Tehran park in Haqqani, where she was detained by the Moral Police, and the Vozara police station, where she was taken for a ' reeducation course.

Footage from the center's security cameras showed Amini fading away from her while being reprimanded about her clothes.

The semi-official Tasnim agency has published the report in full.

This indicates that, at the age of eight, Amini had undergone brain surgery to treat a craniopharyngioma, a type of benign brain tumor.

and the glands under her control (including the adrenals and the thyroid). Due to this underlying disease, the deceased was treated with hydrocortosine, levothyroxine and desmopressin, "he says. the text.

In conclusion, the report continues, at 7:45 p.m. on September 13, the girl "suddenly lost consciousness and later fell to the ground. Due to the underlying disease, the deceased did not have the necessary capacity to compensate and adapt to the The aforementioned patient had a heart condition, a heart rhythm disorder and a drop in blood pressure, and subsequently a decreased level of consciousness due to an ineffective resuscitation operation."

Finally, and after noting that the girl suffered "severe hypoxia" resulting in brain damage, as a result of failed efforts to provide respiratory support,

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And he adds that, after several medical examinations, "the aforementioned death was not caused by blows to the head or organs and vital elements of the body."

Given that the first versions of the Government on the death of Amini, which pointed in this direction, did not calm the streets,

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Relatives of the young woman have denied that she suffered from a previous illness.

On her part, many Iranians have criticized that, in any case, her compatriot of Kurdish origin should never have been arrested and go through that bad time for clothing that they do not consider provocative.

Even if the forensic report is true, years of lack of transparency and repression of large sections of Iranian society have left

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Many remember these days what happened in 2020, when the Government took almost four days to recognize that its own anti-aircraft battery had shot down a plane with 176 people on board.

In the framework of these latest protests, some relatives of victims have denounced pressure to give manipulated testimonies on TV.

The last case has been that of Nika Shamkarani, a girl who went to demonstrate to end up disappearing.

It was not until 10 days after her last message that the authorities handed over her body to the family, which has denounced pressure to prevent the girl from becoming another symbol of the protests.

The aunt and guardian of the young woman was arrested.

According to the official version, Shamkarani's death is unrelated to the protests.

She blamed it on a fall from the top of a building.

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