In the same week, as an explosive leaked document from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) revealed the murder in custody of a sixteen-year-old girl, the revolutionary court in Isfahan sentenced a young rapper to death for making a fool of the regime in his lyrics. The combined scandal has exposed the theocratic regime’s toxic anti-youth culture. The leaked IRGC document has been extensively analyzed and verified by the BBC. It shows how the teenage girl Nika Shakarami was involved in the nationwide protest in September 2022 following the death of the young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, who was beaten to death in custody by Tehran’s notorious ‘morality police’ for not wearing her hijab properly.

Nika Shakarami was seen standing on a dumpster in central Tehran on 20 September, setting fire to hijabs while the crowd around her chanted slogans like “Death to the dictator” about the hated Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Little did she know that she was under surveillance by an IRGC undercover unit, several of whom had penetrated the crowd of protesters. They identified her as the leader of the protests and arrested her.

Nika’s hands were tied behind her back, and she was thrown into an undercover freezer van guarded by three agents, led by their team leader, who sat up front with the driver. According to the “Highly Confidential” IRGC report, Nika shouted and swore at her guards, who took her to several detention centers that refused to admit her as they were either overcrowded or feared her behavior could provoke a riot among other detainees. Finally, the team decided to take her to the infamous Evin........

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