According to reports, when her body was returned to the family, the security presence was heavy, and her burial was tightly controlled: she was buried in Hayat-ol-Ghayb, a village about 40 km from her hometown, under controversial circumstances and without full family presence. Her mother, Nasrin Shakarami, has repeatedly spoken out, rejecting the authorities’ version. She claimed significant head trauma, including skull fractures, which she says is incompatible with a simple fall.
According to her mother and other sources, Nika’s body was “stolen” by authorities from her hometown morgue, and then secretly buried. Later, judicial pressure was placed on media and activists who reported on her case: prosecutors opened legal cases against some individuals for “propaganda” linked to her death. In 2024, the BBC released a documentary called “Nika’s Last Breath”, which made serious allegations: according to their investigation, Nika was sexually assaulted and beaten by three agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
