RFERL:

Maryam Faraji, a 33-year old civil rights activist and dissident, who mysteriously disappeared on Thursday, July 5, has been found dead.

“Ms. Faraji’s relatives have confirmed that a body recently found belongs to their beloved,” her renowned lawyer, Mohamad Aghasi, told Radio Farda.

Though a DNA test is still needed, Ms. Faraji’s relatives have identified her body by recognizing her teeth and marks on her neck, Aghasi said.

Maryam Faraji, a graduate student of international management and financial manager of a company in city of Shahriar, 42 km (36 mi) west of the capital, Tehran, was last seen on Thursday, July 5, after leaving her father’s home in western Iran, close to the Iraqi border.

Earlier, on January 2, in the heat of widespread uprising against the Islamic Republic’s establishment, Maryam Faraji had been detained for ten days and gone under interrogation in the Intelligence Ministry Ward 209 in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison.

Ms. Faraji was later freed on bail.

er burnt body was found close to her car. Ms. Faraji’s personal effects, including her wallet and ID cards were untouched, social media reports claim.

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