A 23-year-old fashion student was murdered in Iran
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Rubina Aminian was a 23-year-old Iranian fashion student “full of life” and with big goals for the future. She was shot dead last week in the middle of the protestsher aunt told News themezone, as she described how Aminian’s mother forced her way into a morgue and removed her daughter’s body.
“I can safely say it was the hardest day of my life,” Aminian’s aunt, Hilala Noori, told News themezone of the day she learned Aminian had been shot. “When they confirmed to me that they had killed her, my whole body burned. I don’t know how to describe that moment to you. I haven’t been able to sleep for more than two hours since Saturday. I feel like I have a stone in my throat. I can’t swallow anything.”
On the afternoon of January 8, Aminian left his university and joined the large crowds marching through the streets of the capital. There, his family says he was shot at point-blank range in the back of the head.

When Aminian’s family heard the news of his death, they immediately left Kermanshah, where they live, and headed to Tehran to find his body, Noori said.
They discovered the location of the morgue where they believed her remains were located and went there to try to find her and bring her home.
When they arrived, Noori said her sister, Aminian’s mother, described seeing hundreds of bodies, all “lying on top of each other.” She said: “All the people’s children had been shot in the head, in the neck, directly in the head. They were all lying on top of each other, and my sister was forced to see those beautiful faces so she could find our dear Rubina.”
Noori told News themezone that Aminian’s mother searched for the bodies outside the facility, but could not find Aminian. He was initially not allowed to enter the premises, but managed to enter by force.
“She [was] “They forced her to carry her daughter’s body and steal it, because they didn’t give her permission to remove the body,” Noori told News themezone. “They forced her to carry her 90-pound daughter’s body outside. She stole the body and held it for many hours until they reached Kermanshah,” Noori told News themezone.
Noori said she holds Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Islamic Republic of Iran “directly responsible” for her niece’s death. “They are the only ones responsible for this,” he said.
“What the Islamic Republic took from her, it took from us, she was a girl full of passion and love for life, and she shared that passion everywhere,” Noori said. “She wanted to create her own future. She believed that you should create your own future with your own hands. She didn’t wait for anyone to create her own future for her. That’s why she took to the streets to win her freedom. Just like all the young people we’ve lost on the streets. She was practical; she never wanted anyone to do anything for her. She knew what she wanted to do and she knew how to do it. And I’m very proud of her. I’m proud of her choice, even though it’s very painful for me. I’ll have to live my life with this pain. She may never be the same. But I am proud of her, her sacrifice, her path and I hope her blood has not been shed in vain.
They became young, wait. President Trump will take action against the current leaders of Iran.
“The time has come to act,” he said. “This is not the time for him to think about what to do.”
At least 12,000 (and possibly more than 20,000) are now feared dead in Iran after more than two weeks of protests, sources told News themezone. President Trump, who for weeks has warned Iran about U.S. intervention amid a violent crackdown on protesters, said Wednesday that he heard on “good authority” that “the killings in Iran are stopping.”
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