23-year-old Iranian student 'shot dead' during Tehran protests

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A 23 year old student Shot dead at close range after joining large-scale anti-government activities protest exist Iran, As the regime continues to crack down, according to a human rights group Demonstration.

Rubina Aminian, 23, was killed on January 8 after leaving Iran’s Shariati College, according to Iranian human rights groups. Tehranthe nation’s capital, and participated in protest rallies.

Sources close to her family told the Norwegian Iranian Human Rights Organization that Ms Aminian, a textile and fashion design student, was shot at close range from behind, with the bullet hitting her head.

Iranian rights groups said Ms Aminian’s family traveled to Tehran to identify their daughter among “hundreds of young people’s bodies”. When they returned to their home in Kermanshah to bury their daughter, they found themselves surrounded by intelligence forces, forcing them to bury her on the side of the road.

Rubina Aminian, 23, is a textile and fashion design student, according to Human Rights in Iran (iran human rights)

The Iranian human rights group described Ms Aminian as “a young woman with a joy for life and a passion for fashion and clothing design whose dreams were buried by the Islamic Republic’s violent repression”.

Her death comes as the religious regime tightens its grip on anti-government protests that began two weeks ago amid an economic collapse and have since spread across the country.

Ms Aminian is believed to be one of more than 500 people who have died so far, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).

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The country’s authorities have warned that those taking part in demonstrations face the death penalty for causing property damage. The military also accused foreign “enemies” of inciting unrest and urged Civilians should remain vigilant against so-called “enemy plots.”

Donald Trump has warned the regime that the US will “come down hard” on protesters if they are killed, and it is understood he will weigh his options for action within days.

Protesters dance around bonfires on the streets of Tehran (UGC, AP) (Associated Press)

But as international pressure on Iran intensifies, Tehran said on Sunday it was prepared to strike preemptively if Iranian and U.S. bases in the region were attacked.

“If Iran is attacked, the occupied territories and all U.S. military centers, bases and ships in the region will become our legitimate targets,” parliamentary spokesman Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said.