Rada Fatehi and her brother Ramin were arrested in connection with the nationwide protests in Iran, following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini in 2022. While her brother lost his life under torture, she fled to Germany where she shared her family's story.
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00:00 A family torn apart by the Iranian security forces.
00:05 Rada Fatehi and her brother Ramin were close siblings.
00:09 Now he is dead and she has fled to Germany.
00:14 Nothing is harder than the death of a brother.
00:16 There is nothing, nothing in the world harder than the death of a brother, especially a
00:21 brother who was tortured.
00:23 Fatehi tells us she didn't learn of her brother's fate for days because she, along with her
00:28 other brother Voria, had also been detained by security forces.
00:34 One of them grabbed me and threw me into my daughter's bedroom.
00:38 Another person came and put something to my head.
00:40 I think it was a weapon, I'm not sure.
00:43 He said, "I'll kill you right here.
00:45 No one will hear your voice."
00:47 Then he said, "I swear to God, if you answer a few questions and don't make a scene, I'll
00:52 release your brothers."
00:53 I trusted in God.
00:55 I trusted their word.
00:57 As soon as they put me in the car, they blindfolded me, tied my hands and threw me on the floor
01:02 of the car.
01:06 While she was in custody, her brother Ramin allegedly succumbed to injuries inflicted
01:11 by his jailers.
01:12 That's what the family believes.
01:14 The government claims he took his own life.
01:17 Rada had no idea her brother was dead until she was released.
01:23 I saw my mother wearing a black scarf.
01:26 My mother had never worn a black scarf before.
01:29 I hugged her and asked her, "Why are you wearing this?"
01:33 She said, "It's nothing."
01:35 I asked again, "Why are you wearing a black scarf?"
01:39 She said, "Ramin."
01:41 My mother used to wait for Ramin in the mornings to come so that they could have breakfast
01:44 together.
01:46 How could I console her?
01:47 How could I tell her that her child is no longer with us?
01:51 She sits there in the mornings and says, "I heard the doorbell.
01:54 My heart leapt.
01:55 I thought Ramin had come back."
02:04 Nine months after her brother's death, security forces raided Rada's home.
02:08 She decided to flee the country, taking with her nothing but the clothes on her back.
02:13 She misses the family she left behind.
02:17 My only wish is to go back, to go back to Iran.
02:23 But for now, Rada believes it's too dangerous to return home.
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