Overview
- Independent outlets citing IranWire report Bahadori was shot twice around midnight on January 9 in Gorgan, with her body returned to relatives on January 11.
- A post on her Instagram account attributed her death to a traffic accident, a version activists dispute as coerced by security and intelligence agencies.
- Iranian state media have promoted an alternative account naming the victim as Shahrzad Mokhami and dating a fatal crash to January 22 in Golestan province.
- Sources describe a severe January 9 crackdown in Gorgan with alleged use of heavy weapons, and say the family faced pressure and a quiet burial without public ceremony.
- Bahadori, known as 'Baby Rider' with a large Instagram following, became a focal case within nationwide protests that rights groups say have left more than 6,000 people dead.