Suspicious Death of Civil Activist and Athlete Mahsa Zarinchang in the Mountains around Tehran
The body of Mahsa Zarrinchang, a civil activist and athlete from Ilam city, was found after several days of disappearance in the mountains surrounding Tehran on May 1,2023. She was buried in Ilam under strict security conditions.
Mahsa Zarinchang was supposed to go to the mountains around Tehran with a mountaineering group, but she disappeared before joining the group on the scheduled day. Additionally, the security forces, at the same time as her disappearance, searched her father's house and confiscated all her personal belongings.
After the discovery of the body, Mahsa Zarinchang's family has been threatened by the security institutions of the Iranian government not to mention the exact cause of their daughter's death.
