'My eyes were very gorgeous; everybody said that,' said Ghazal Ranjkesh, who was injured by security forces during Iranian protests.
A video widely shared on social media shows a woman who was reportedly shot in the eye during protests that have swept Iran.
Ghazal Ranjkesh, described as a law student from the city of Bandar Abbas in Hormozgān Province, is seen in the footage lying down with a bandage over her right eye.Omid Memarian, a senior Iran analyst at the organization Democracy for the Arab World Now ."'The last image my right eye recorded was the person's smile when he shot,' she says.
Above, Iranians mourn in front of the coffins of people killed in a shooting attack, during their funeral in the city of Izeh on November 18, 2022. Video widely shared on social media shows the eye injury of a woman named Ghazal Ranjkesh during the protests that have swept the country."My eyes were very gorgeous—everybody said that," Ranjkesh had said, according to the Persian language news outlet Iran International.
The incident comes amid reports that hundreds of victims taking part in demonstrations that have raged across the country since mid-September have suffered severe eye injuries inflicted by Iranian security forces.
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