Iran: Another Female Student was Killed For Not Singing A Pro-Government Song

Iran: Another Female Student was Killed For Not Singing A Pro-Government Song

  • Protests in Iran continue to gather pace following attacks on schools across the country

  • Another female student killed for not singing a pro-government song

  • Panahi's death further mobilized schoolgirls across the country to participate in protests over the weekend.

Oct 20,2022

A student was beaten to death by security forces in Iran for refusing to sing a pro-government song in school.

The Coordinating Council of the Teachers' Union in Iran announced that a 16-year-old student's daughter, Asra Panahi, was beaten up at school in an attack on Shahed School in Ardabil on October 13, by supporters of the regime in the country.

When they arrived, they asked the students to sing a song praising Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, while they resisted.

Panahi is said to have died at the hospital on Friday from the injuries he sustained at school. Iran's government has denied that the security forces were involved in the death of the girl, which has sparked outrage across the country.

A man who claimed to be Panahi's uncle appeared on television saying she had died of a heart attack.

A female student was beaten to death for not singing a song in support of the Iranian regime

The girls at the school showed great courage after footage was shown of them waving their hijabs in the air, taking down pictures of Iran's top leaders in schools, and shouting slogans against the regime and in support of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who recently died after being jailed by Iran's moral police for not wearing the hijab properly in August.

Last week, Iranian authorities launched attacks on schools across the country, with reports saying that police forcefully entered schools, forced girls into waiting cars outside, and shot at school buildings.

In a statement released on Sunday, Iran's teachers' union condemned the brutal attacks, and called for the resignation of Education Minister Yousef Nouri.

Panahi's death further mobilized schoolgirls across the country to participate in protests over the weekend.

Protests in Iran continue to gather pace following attacks on schools across the country

Another student, 16-year-old Naznin, said that her parents kept her at home for fear of being caught in a protest at her school, but she said: "I am not allowed to go to school because my parents are worried about my health." , but what does it matter? the regime continues to kill and arrest students”.

She continued, “What's the use if I sit at home and get angry? Myself and my classmates in Iran, we decided to go on a street protest this week. I will do it even if I have to hide it from my parents."

 

The Guardian reported that the latest report by the Human Rights Watch in Iran revealed that 215 people, including 27 children, have been killed in protests across the country since October 17.