As anti-regime protests continue to rage in Iran following the custodial death of 22-year-old Iranian-Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, reports emerged from the country that celebrity chef Mehrshad Shahidi, also known as ‘Iran’s Jamie Oliver’, was purportedly beaten to death by the country’s Revolutionary Guards.
The Telegraph reported that Shahidi was killed on Wednesday after receiving blows to his skull while in the custody of the Iran’s Revolutionary Guard in Arak city.
“Our son lost his life as a result of receiving baton blows to his head after his arrest, but we have been under pressure by the regime to say that he has died of a heart attack”, a relative of Mehrshad told Iran International TV.
Source: Free Press Journal
