The mother of a 15-year-old boy who was allegedly shot by the Iranian security forces in the head, chest and neck has revealed that justice officials want GBP 100,000 to free him on bail.

She has told how that despite extensive injuries, he is detained in prison instead of hospital.

Amirhossein Rahimi was reportedly shot and detained in Karaj, the capital of Alborz Province, in north-western Iran, on 13th October.

His mother, who has not been named, said that in the mornings he would go to school and in the afternoons he worked in an office at an estate agent’s to help support his family.

On the day of his arrest, the authorities announced a curfew, so his mother went to pick Amirhossein up from his work.

But he was arrested after being shot just metres from her while she was trying to pick him up after security forces began violent confrontations of people in the building, she claimed.

She said that her son is suffering from multiple injuries including a bullet in his head, one in his neck, and several in his chest and stomach.

The worried mum reportedly said that the authorities made him confess to having a Molotov cocktail, despite him telling her that he did not. She also reportedly said that he refused to name any of his friends despite pressure from the security forces to do so.

Amirhossein’s bail has reportedly been set at an astonishing IRR 500,000,000 (GBP 98,067.71), but his mum has said there is no way she can pay it.

She said that she is a single mum with two children and already had to sell her car last year to make ends meet.

It is still unclear what charges Amirhossein faces but his worried mum said the judge in charge of his case is known to dole out harsh sentences.

Amirhossein’s present condition remains unclear.

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 in Iran have killed at least 458 people, including 63 children, and injured at least 1,160, according to independent estimates. Eleven people have so far been sentenced to death by Iranian courts, with two executions carried out so far.

It is also understood that more than 18,000 people have been arrested.