Maryam Sabri, 21, allegedly raped in detention in Iran, says she was beaten and robbed in the street in Kayseri
A woman who fled Iran after alleging that she had been raped in detention during its post-election upheaval has reported being physically attacked by Iranian agents while seeking refuge in Turkey.
Maryam Sabri, 21, says she was knocked to the ground, then kicked and punched by two men who approached her from behind. She suffered bruising to her legs and back and was robbed of her mobile phone. The incident happened last Saturday in Kayseri, where she is living while seeking asylum in the west.
Sabri has reported the assault to the UN high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) and requested she be moved to another location. She fears she was targeted in revenge for her allegations against the Iranian authorities, although Turkish police have ruled out a political motive.
The alleged incident follows complaints by other Iranian exiles that agents of the Islamic regime have tried to intimidate them into silence since they escaped to Turkey after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election.......Read More
