Iran protests: Nika Shakarami's mother says her daughter was murdered

Nasrin Shakarami said she had seen injuries on her daughter's body which contradict an official statement.

Authorities say Nika Shakarami, 16, appears to have been thrown from a building, possibly by workmen.

Meanwhile, an official forensic report has said a woman whose death sparked the protests died from ill health.

The family of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, say she died as a result of being beaten by the morality police.

She was detained on 13 September in Tehran for allegedly breaking the strict law requiring women to cover their hair with a hijab, or headscarf.

The police denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered a heart attack.

On Friday Iran's Forensic Medicine Organisation (FMO) issued a statement saying that tests showed Ms Amini died from multiple organ failure caused by cerebral hypoxia and not from being hit.

It said this was brought on by an underlying brain and heart condition. Ms Amini's family has previously insisted she was medically fit.

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