"A group of victims of the Iranian government crackdown during the Women, Life, Freedom protests in 2022 have filed the first criminal complaint against 40 named Iranian officials alleging crimes against humanity, including targeted blinding and murder. The request for a criminal investigation to be launched has been filed in Argentina by a group of Iranians with the help of the non-profit Iran Human Rights Documentation Center."
"The filing claims the response from Iran's security forces to the protests in Iran included shooting live ammunition, paintball guns, metal pellets not intended to be shot at close range, and other projectiles at protesters. They also carried out mass arrests, arbitrary detentions, custodial torture, and ultimately even executions of protesters that continue to the present day. Specific officers across the range of Iran's security services have been named in the filing, but their names are being kept confidential."
"Her mother, Minoo Majidi, 62, was shot dead in September 2022. Autopsy reports showed more than 167 metal pellets had been fired into her back at point-blank range. She had been on a street protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman who was killed in a Tehran police station after being arrested for not complying with Iran's rules around the hijab."
A group of victims of the Iranian government crackdown during the 2022 Women, Life, Freedom protests filed a criminal complaint in Argentina against 40 named Iranian officials alleging crimes against humanity, including targeted blinding and murder. The filing was supported by the non-profit Iran Human Rights Documentation Center and used Argentina's universal jurisdiction. The complaint alleges security forces used live ammunition, paintball guns and metal pellets, and carried out mass arrests, arbitrary detentions, custodial torture and executions. Specific officers across Iran's security services are named but identities remain confidential. Mahsa Piraei seeks accountability and truth after her mother, Minoo Majidi, was killed by point-blank pellet fire.
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