Mahsa Amini, autopsy in Tehran: “She did not die of beatings”

The 22-year-old died three days after being arrested for wearing the veil incorrectly Mahsa Amini’s death was not caused by a blow to the head or other vital organs. The news agency Irna reported, citing a report by an Iranian medical examiner, according to which the 22-year-old died of multiple organ failure syndrome, caused by cerebral hypoxia. The death of Mahsa, who passed away three days after being arrested in Tehran for wearing the veil incorrectly, has sparked a wave of anti-government protests across the country. According to family members, the girl died from a violent blow to the head. “The results of the physical examination of the body and the autopsy as well as the pathological examinations indicate that the death was not caused by blows to the head or vital organs,” said the Iranian Organization of Forensic Medicine. Irna claims that at the age of eight Mahsa suffered “the removal of a brain tumor” in an operation whose consequences caused, according to the findings of the autopsy, “the fainting of the 22-year-old when she was under custody of the ‘religious police’ “. The forensic physician’s version is that Mahsa “suddenly lost consciousness” due to her illness which caused her “heart rhythm disturbance and a drop in blood pressure”.