Iran's forensic study claims Amini's death not caused by alleged beating
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Tehran: According to a state news media site, the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization has confirmed that Mahsa Amini, 22, did not die as a result of purported blows to the skull or other important organs.
The forensic organisation said in its final statement on Amini's death on Friday that the determination was reached after looking at CT scans of Amini's brain and lung as well as her corpse, as well as the outcomes of her autopsy and pathological tests, IANS reported.
Amini died because of ineffective cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the early minutes, which caused severe brain hypoxia, it noted, adding she was pronounced dead on September 16 at Tehran's Kasra hospital after multiple organ failures despite all efforts to save her.
She underwent craniopharyngioma surgery at Milad Hospital in Tehran in 2010 to remove a brain tumour, according to the forensic organisation, Xinhua news agency reported.
Protests over Amini's death erupted across Iran, first in her native province of Kurdestan before spreading to several other cities, including the capital Tehran.