A 25-year-old medical student has reportedly been shot dead by the Iranian security forces.

Yaser Naroui, 25, was a medical student at the Zahedan University of Medical Sciences.

He was allegedly killed by Iranian security forces on Moshraf Street at the University of Medical Sciences in Zahedan, on Thursday, 3rd November, according to a number of Student Union Councils in the country and independent Iranian media.

There have been a number of deaths in Zahedan over the last week after security forces reportedly opened fire on protesting civilians, with at least six people killed last Friday, on 28th October, including a 12-year-old boy.

Iranian forces have been cracking down on waves of civil disorder following the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, who was on a visit to Tehran when she was arrested by morality police, accused of violating hijab rules on 13th September.

She was allegedly beaten while in custody and spent the following days in a coma in the hospital before succumbing in the ICU on 16th September.

The clinic where she was treated said in a now-deleted social media post that she had been admitted brain-dead.

Alleged medical scans of her skull leaked by hackers showed that she had suffered bone fractures, haemorrhages, and brain oedema.

Independent Iranian media have claimed that Mahsa’s medical records showing her history of heart disease were faked by the Iranian government.

Numbers differ regarding how many people have been killed since the protests began.

The ongoing protests have so far claimed the lives of at least 336 people and injured at least 1,160, according to independent estimates.

It is understood that over 12,500 people have so far been arrested.