Vida Shahvalad, a 21-year-old Iranian student, died in the night between Friday and Saturday, together with her partner Vincenzo Nocerino, 24, after exhaling exhaust fumes from the automobile in which they had isolated themselves in a garage in Secondigliano, on the outskirts of Naples. The girl's family is now unable to obtain the transfer of the body to her homeland due to the Iranian morality police's stop. The day after Vida's body was discovered, an Iranian television news channel published a report portraying her as a young woman with "easy morals". Completely false. "Vincenzo and Vida," Vincenzo Nocerino's parents said, "were in love. She studied, was respected, and appreciated. Her nation should have been proud of this. The Islamic Republic and Tehran's morality police have distinct ideas about women's roles in society. Vida was described as something she was not, tarnishing her memory. We advocate for an end to unverified information. In Iran, there have already been numerous complications for Vida's family, who would simply like to have their daughter's body to bury it with the ceremony she deserves".
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