US EditionIranian teen injured on Tehran Metro while not wearing a headscarf has died, state media says
- Armita Geravand, a 16-year-old girl in Iran, died after collapsing in a coma following an incident with the morality police. Activists claim that she was attacked for not wearing a hijab.
- Geravand's injury occurred as Iran reintroduced the morality police and lawmakers aimed to enforce stricter penalties for not wearing a headscarf. This incident has sparked comparisons to the death of Mahsa Amini, who died in custody for similar reasons.
- Calls for an independent investigation by organizations like Doctors Without Borders and the International Red Cross Committee have been made to uncover the truth behind Geravand's injury.
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Iran: Teen dies weeks after alleged brush with morality police
TEHRAN, Oct 19 — An Iranian teenage girl injured almost a month ago during a mysterious incident on Tehran’s Metro, while not wearing a headscarf has died, the official IRNA news agency reported yesterday. Sixteen-year-old Armita Geravand, an ethnic Kurd, allegedly had an encounter with morality police officers over violating the country’s hijab law. “Unfortunately, she [Geravand] went into a coma for some time after suffering from brain damage.…
Armita Garavand, 17, dead — victim of Iran's morality police
Armita Garavand, 17, was beaten so badly by the Iranian morality police that she fell into a coma, according to human rights activists.Now she has died of her injuries.The reason for the beating is supposed to be that she did not wear her hijab properly.
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