Family of college student killed in Iranian protests had to search through piles of bloody corpses to find her

BEIRUT — Robina Aminian’s family believes the college student was killed by a bullet fired by Iranian security forces straight into the back of her head.

But her death in the nationwide protests that challenged the Islamic Republic’s theocracy was only the start of the family’s agony.

In the aftermath of the killing, Aminian’s mother had to look through piles of bloodied corpses to find her daughter’s body.

Robina Aminian, a college student, was killed by Iranian security forces in Tehran. AP

Then the family raced to escape authorities who might demand payment to release the body and buried her hastily in an unmarked roadside pit.

Their odyssey reflects the trail of anguish left by Iran’s deadly assault on protesters, which has led to desperate relatives searching overflowing morgues across