Security forces in Iran have been accused of leaving a grieving mother and sister bloodied and bruised after attacking them during a service to remember their killed relative.

Hadis Najafi from Karaj, Alborz Province, was shot at least six times – in the face, hand, neck, abdomen, and heart – eyewitnesses told anti-regime media.

The 20-year-old’s brutal murder is alleged to have taken place at the hands of security agents at an anti-regime demonstration in her home city on 21st September.

And now security agents have been accused of attacking her mother and her sister during the memorial service to mark 40 days since her passing.

In Islam and the Eastern Orthodox tradition, the 40th day after death is a traditional memorial service, family gathering, ceremony, and ritual in memory of the departed.

The service – held in Karaj – was reportedly attended by a large number of people under the watchful eye of security forces.

But it was not long before the agents began firing bullets and beating attendees, reported anti-regime media.

Both sister Shirin and her mother allegedly sustained injuries to the head, face and legs. A snap shows Shirin with blood pouring down her face from a cut near her eye.

Regime officials earlier claimed that Hadis had been shot by other protesters. Her official cause of death was given as a ‘swelling of the brain’.

But Hadis’s relatives earlier told how regime officials had allegedly pressured them into stating that she had died of a heart attack or of natural causes.

Hadis was buried in Behesht-e Sakineh Cemetery near Karaj on 1st October under tight security.

She left behind three older sisters, a younger brother, and her parents – who hail from Mianeh, East Azerbaijan Province.

The family’s ethnic background is Iranian Azerbaijani.

Iranian ethnic minorities are believed to have disproportionately suffered from state repression during the ongoing protests.

Hadis had a diploma in fashion design and worked as a cashier at a restaurant in her home city.

The ongoing protests have claimed between 304 and 356 lives and injured at least 1,160, according to independent estimates.