Sixteen-year-old Nika Shakrami disappeared in the first few days of crackdowns of protests in Iran. It took her family days to find out that she died. ewither has been speaking to Nika's friend who had been in daily contact with her for over a year.
And now another tragic death of a young woman is causing more anger among protesters. Sixteen-year-old Nika Shakrami disappeared in the first few days of the crackdown, and it took her family days to find out that she had died.
We spoke to a close friend she made online, who’s based in Germany and had been in daily contact with Nika for over a year.
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