<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One of the victims of the crackdown against massive anti-government protests in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/iran" rel="" target="" title="Iran"><span>Iran</span></a><span> has been identified as a young student who was shot in the back of the head during the demonstrations.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>According to Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO), an independent, Norway-based non-profit that monitors the human rights situation in the country, 23-year-old Kurdish woman Rubina Aminian joined a protest last Thursday after leaving Shariati College, where she studied fashion and textiles.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She was shot in the head "from close range from behind".</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/iran-protests-hundreds-dead-in-crackdown-activists-say/3a4d312e-bb85-46d1-ba08-4115eb5dee61" rel="" target="" title="Hundreds dead in mass Iran protests, activists say"><strong><span>Hundreds dead in mass Iran protests, activists say</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>IHRNGO said it had been told of Aminian's death by sources close to her family, who in turn had spoken to eyewitnesses at the protests.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Verifying information in Iran during the protests has been made significantly difficult in recent days, after the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/protests-in-iran-reach-the-2week-mark-as-authorities-intensify-crackdown-on-demonstrators/1e368ec5-299f-4caa-a26d-761084d183f2" rel="" target="" title="government cut internet access in the country on Thursday"><span>government cut internet access in the country on Thursday</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>According to IHRNGO, Aminian's family travelled more than 500km from their home city of Kermanshah to the capital, Tehran, to identify her body.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/iran-protests-victim-rubina-aminian/e9155192-6b99-4c2f-ae57-8f26556cf512" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Her mother said, "It wasn't just my daughter; I saw hundreds of bodies with my own eyes".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Video shared by the organisation on social media appears to show dozens, perhaps hundreds, of people walking through rows of bodybags, searching for loved ones killed in the protests.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-hero-ahmed-al-ahmed-recalls-seeing-new-angle-of-his-heroic-act-during-shooting/6248418b-8379-4867-88a6-ba569487a017"><strong><span>Bondi hero reveals 'trauma' after seeing video of confrontation with gunman</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The family was taken to a location near the college where they were confronted with the bodies of hundreds of young people killed during the protests," IHRNGO reported. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Most of the victims were young people between 18 and 22 years old, who had been shot at close range in the head and neck by government forces. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"At first, the family was not allowed to identify Rubina's body, and later they were not permitted to take her body with them."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>According to the organisation, the family was eventually able to reclaim her body but, after returning to find their home "surrounded" by intelligence forces, were forced to bury her alongside a road, and have been unable to hold a funeral or any mourning ceremonies.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Those close to Aminian said she was "a young woman full of joy for life and passionate about fashion and clothing design, whose dreams were buried by the violent repression of the Islamic Republic", IHRNGO said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-weather-floods-update-ex-cyclone-koji-david-crisafulli/c289abc7-8084-453e-86f6-0cbd6ca8e5c2"><strong><span>'Real risk': Queensland premier warns of new weather threat after ex-cyclone</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>What started as protests in two major markets in Tehran on December 28 in response to the plunging local currency, the rial, has since escalated into massive anti-government demonstrations across the country.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Authorities have unleashed a brutal crackdown, particularly since January 3 when Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said "rioters must be put in their place".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Exactly how many citizens have been killed or detained is uncertain, in part due to the internet blackout.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>IHRNGO says 192 people have been confirmed dead, but added the actual death toll may be as high as 2000.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The US-based </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/iran-protests-hundreds-dead-in-crackdown-activists-say/3a4d312e-bb85-46d1-ba08-4115eb5dee61"><span>Human Rights Activists News Agency says 538 people have been killed</span></a><span> and 10,600 detained.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><strong><span>Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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