‘Andy Burnham needs to get justice for my mum shot dead by Iran’

Mahsa Piraei’s mother Minoo was fleeing protests when she was killed

The daughter of a woman who was killed by Iranian security forces has demanded Andy Burnham bring the country’s officials to justice.

Mahsa Piraei’s mother Minoo Majidi was shot dead with metal pellets as she fled Iranian officers in September 2022.

She was one of hundreds of protestors who were killed in Woman Life Freedom Uprising the Islamic Republic, triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini, who had been arrested for not wearing her hijab properly.

Amnesty International published a landmark new report yesterday on the fourth anniversary of the uprisings, naming 87 officials who they believe should be investigated for war crimes over the crackdown of the protests.

Their Secretary General Agnès Callamard also ...