As Iran pursues US talks, families of dead and missing protesters detail human rights abuses
ABC News
Thousands of protesters were killed during a crackdown, activists said.
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Hali Norei remembered her niece, Robina Aminian, who she said was shot and killed by security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran while protesting in Tehran on Jan. 8, saying, "She was full of art, full of color."
Twenty-three-year-old Robina Aminian hoped to become a fashion designer, offering her aunt what would be her last design, a blue jean jacket with splashes of color on the sleeves, her aunt told ABC News.
"She asked me if I wanted it and I said no and it would look good on her," added Norei, who is based in Norway. "But, I wish I had taken it.”
Her death has left a deep unfathomable pain in her family, her aunt said, as the country reckons with the aftermath of weeks of anti-regime protests during which government forces killed thousands, according to activists.
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