Who Was ‘Baby Rider’ Diana Bahador? 19-Year-Old Iranian Biker Influencer With 200K Followers Shot Dead Amid Protests

Then, something strange happened. Diana’s official Instagram account posted that she’d died in an “accident” and asked people not to spread rumours. But IranWire says her family was forced to deny the security forces’ role in her death.

Things were especially tense in Gorgan. The crackdown was brutal; security forces used machine guns and heavy weapons to break up crowds.

Journalist and activist Masih Alinejad didn’t hold back. She called out the regime on X, saying Diana’s only “crime” was being born under an Islamist dictatorship. According to Alinejad, regime forces killed Diana on January 9.

About Iranian Protests

Since December, protests have gripped Iran. They started because the Iranian rial tanked and inflation soared, but pretty quickly, people began rallying against human rights abuses, harsh restrictions on women, and the lack of basic freedoms under Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Human rights groups estimate that over 6,000 people have been killed in the government crackdown, with many more still missing or feared dead, as reported by The Associated Press.

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