Time.news – Blond hair and no veil: her name was Hadis Najafi, she was just 20 years old and was killed by the Iranian security forces last night during the protests in the city of Karaj, near Tehran.
According to various Twitter accounts, the girl was hit by six bullet shots that hit her in the chest, face and neck.
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Heartbreaking News:This woman who’s video of getting ready to stand face to face with the killer of #MahsaAmini got killed herself.
Her name was Hadis Najafi. Her sister told me that she was only 20 Yr old and she got killed by 6 bullets in the city of Karaj. #Mehsa_Amini https://t.co/9zagfYe4FJ pic.twitter.com/6wAIFNag1G— Masih Alinejad ️ (@AlinejadMasih) September 25, 2022
The young woman had become one of the girls symbol of protests: when confronting the police, she was unveiled because she was against the mandatory hijab and discriminatory laws of the Islamic Republic.
This Iranian woman is getting ready to stand face to face to security forces. Iranian regime have guns and bullets but they scared of our hair.
They killed #MahsaAmini for a bit of hair. Let’s have a Hair Revolution.
Our hair will bring down Islamic dictators. #Mehsa_Amini pic.twitter.com/skjaPF63Ml— Masih Alinejad ️ (@AlinejadMasih) September 24, 2022
In a video that had circulated on social media, the young woman was clearly seen tying her hair with the rubber band before joining the demonstrators. A gesture common to many Western girls, done every day, but in Iran you can pay with your life.