Ayda Rostami

Ayda Rostami was a doctor at Chamran Hospital in Tehran. She went missing on December 12, 2022. Her body was delivered to her family a day later, claiming a "car accident" as the cause, but her family saw torture marks on her body. She had traveled to western areas of Tehran, especially Ekbatan, to treat wounded protesters during the 2022 uprising.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='61791'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/3fnkkmbx'> According to IranWire, Ayda Rostami went missing in Tehran. According to sources, she used to go to western areas of Tehran, especially Ekbatan neighborhood, to treat protesters who were injured by government forces. After treating several injured people, Ayda Rostami realized that some medical items such as sterile gas and bandages that she had taken with her were not enough for the injured that night, so she got out of an injured protester's house to get the things she needed. She got into her car to go to one of the 24-hour pharmacies, but she never returned to Ekbatan. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='61792'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/3fnkkmbx'> According to IranWire, Ekbatan Police Station 135 contacted Ayda Rostami's family and claimed that Ayda Rostami died the night before due to an "accident" and they should deliver the body to "Behesht Zahra" cemetery. A source told Iranwire: > When the family went to pick up the body, they insisted that the body should be taken to Gorgan, because they are originally from Gorgan. At first, authorities opposed it and said that she should be buried in Behesht Zahra in Tehran quickly, but his family said that even Ayda Rostami herself had said many times that if she ever dies, she wants her body to be buried in Gorgan." This source emphasizes that "accident was definitely not the cause of Dr. Rostami's death: > They said that their daughter did not die due to an accident, they (security forces) killed her." This source goes on to say that after hearing this forensic claim, Ayda Rostami's family insisted on seeing their daughter's body: When Ayda's family insistently requested to see the body, they found that the body didn't seem like it had been in an accident. Ayda Rostami's family is faced with a body whose hands were badly broken, the right half of her face was crushed, her nose was crushed, and her left eye had several stitches and was completely closed. Ayda's family noticed that the left eye was completely drained, which is why they had covered it with stitches. Also, several bruises on other parts of the body were clearly visible. This source told IranWire: > It makes no sense; to have an accident while driving, and both of your arms break, your lower body (genitalia) gets bruised, and your eye pops out completely. "What was seen in forensic medicine and Behesht Zahra was a real crime against a human being. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='61793'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/3fnkkmbx'> IranWire wrote that even though Ayda Rostami's family was secretly informed that their daughter was tortured and killed on the night of the accident, Ayda Rostami's family still requested the police to find and show them the location of their daughter's accident and her car. According to this report, not only has the location of the accident not been announced by the police force, but they have not even shown Ayda Rostami's car to her family; A car that can determine the cause of her death. In this report, it is stated that at the insistence of Ayda Rostami's family, her body was buried in Gorgan according to her will. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='61797'> <reference source='https://www.iranintl.com/202212178682'> In a report, Iran International considered the contradictions in the different narratives and the information published by the government media to indicate the "Islamic Republic's fake scenario" for the death of Ayda Rostami. In this report, it is stated that the government narratives about the death of Ayda Rostami, on the one hand, are based on an accident and impact with a hard object, and on the other hand, they indicate that she fell from a height. According to this report, in the medical certificate, the cause of his death is stated as "collision with a hard object". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='61794'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/fs3h6mft'> Mizan News Agency, affiliated with the judiciary released a report calling the "persecution, torture, and killing" of Ayda Rostami a "story by the anti-revolutionary media" and denied that she was killed by the security forces. In the report of Mizan News Agency, it is stated: > On December 12, the suspicious death of a woman (falling from an overpass) was reported to the 135 Azadi police station, and the murder scene investigation team of the homicide police immediately arrived at the scene. In the autopsy performed on the deceased, fracture marks were evident in different parts of the body. In this report, no explanation was given about the fractures, and the description of the incident states: > On the day of the incident, Ayda Rostami was having a verbal and physical argument with a man on the overpass near the Azadi area of ​​Tehran, and she fell from the overpass. And this man has been arrested as a suspect." It also quotes the suspect saying that he found out that Ms. Rostami was in a relationship with another person, and this was the reason for the argument on Monday, and this young woman "suddenly threw herself down from the top of the overpass. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='61795'> <reference source='https://www.iranintl.com/202212179233'> According to Iran International, a number of medical staff members of the country's healthcare centers announced in public calls published on social media that they will go on strike from the 19th to the 21st of December in protest against the killing of Ayda Rostami and along with calls for nationwide protests. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='61796'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CuQp_eiID8k/'> According to BBC, Armin Rostami, Ayda Rostami's brother, talked about his sister and her medical treatment in a video published on social networks on the eve of his sister's 37th birthday. According to Mr. Rostami, Ayda often did not charge the needy and would help them wherever possible. According to Mr. Rostami, Ayda worked to help children. Armin Rostami asked doctors to "provide as many free medical services as possible". He also asked people to "pay part of the cost of treatment or medicine for a needy patient if possible" and put a smile on the lips of working children in memory of Aida". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='61798'> <reference source='https://ipa.united4iran.org/fa/prisoner/10045/'> Armin Rostami, the brother of Ayda Rostami, was arrested by the security forces. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='61799'> <reference source='https://ipa.united4iran.org/fa/prisoner/10045/'> Armin Rostami, the brother of Ayda Rostami, was sentenced to pay a fine of 150 million rials instead of eight months in prison by the first branch of the Gorgan Revolutionary Court headed by Gholamreza Teimouri. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>