Samira claims that she was never politically inclined.In Iran, I was employed in sales. She tells BBC Panorama, “I sold makeup.” However, it all changed the day Iranian security officers shot and killed her only kid in front of her. Before the US and Israel launched massive airstrikes that murdered Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sixteen-year-old Sevda was participating in protests against the country’s oppressive administration earlier this year.
Samira claims that when Iran’s officials impeded rather than assisted her in finding her daughter’s body, her sadness turned into rage.I came to the realisation that discovering Sevda was only the start of their abuse of me. Samira staged a spectacular foot escape from Iran by negotiating perilous mountainous terrain. She describes herself as a “one-woman army fighting the regime” and currently resides in hiding overseas. She is determined to identify the security personnel and officials she believes fired lethal bullets during the protests in an effort to find justice and accountability following the loss of her daughter.Finding me won’t be simple, but they’ll take me to the edge of death before killing me. Go back to your regular life? “There’s no turning back,” she declares.
Since the beginning of the year, the BBC has spoken with a number of Iranians, including Samira. Some, who were still in the nation, told Panorama that they wanted to speak out in spite of the dangers, claiming that after the large-scale demonstrations had been violently put down, they had struggled to maintain optimism.
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