Iran protests: Evidence suggests NikaShakarami molested and killed by armedforces | BBC News

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An Iranian teenager was sexually assaulted and killedby three men working for Iran's security forces, aleaked document seen by BBC Eye Investigations says.

16-year-old Nika Shakarami disappeared during an anti-regime protest in 2022.

The Woman, Life, Freedom movement had beensparked just days earlier by the death of a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini.

Nika's body was found nine days after shedisappeared. The government claimed she killed herself.

The BBC put the report's allegations to Iran'sgovernment and its Revolutionary Guards. They did not respond.

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