Robina Aminian, a 23-year-old studying at university in Tehran, had dreams of moving to Milan to pursue a career in fashion. Her Instagram account showed her proudly displaying various traditional Kurdish outfits.
On Thursday, she left the Tehran Shariati Technical University, where she was studying fashion design, to join a rally against the regime that was gathering in the capital, according to the Norway-based Iran Human Rights NGO (IHRNGO).
“She was a strong girl, a courageous girl, and she was not someone you could control and make decisions for. She fought for things she knew were right and fought hard,” her uncle Nezar Minouei told CNN.
“She was thirsty for freedom,…
