Nika's Last Breath - BBC World Service Documentaries

In September 2022, 16-year-old Nika Shakarami attended a Woman, Life, Freedom protest in Tehran.

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That day, pictures taken of her burning her hijab made her an icon in the eyes of Iran’s protestors, and a target in the eyes of the Iranian government. Nika never went home.

Iran’s government claimed she jumped from a building, but her mother never accepted it.

Now #BBCEye investigates a shocking new document, purportedly written by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, which reveals what happened after they hunted her down.

00:00 Who is Nika Shakarami?
02:04 Mahsa Amini and Iran's protests
03:43 Demonstrations in Laleh Park
04:37 Nika’s mother
06:06 The Classified IRGC report
08:00 Nika is arrested
09:56 IRGC: The testimonies
12:28 ‘Is she breathing?’
16:27 The official narrative
18:05 Verifying the report
20:07 Who is 'Naeem 16’?
21:40 The verdict and the cover-up
24:56 Nika’s legacy

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