An Iranian girl aged 16 has been left in a coma and is being treated in hospital under heavy security after an assault on the Tehran subway, a rights group said on Tuesday, blaming the Islamic republic’s notorious morality police.
The Kurdish-focused rights group Hengaw said the teenager, named as Armita Garawand, had been badly injured in a confrontation on the Tehran metro with female police officers.
The case has become the subject of intense discussion on social media, with a purported video of the incident said by some to show Ms Garawand, with friends and apparently unveiled, being pushed into the metro by female police agents and then an immobile body pulled out. It said she was being treated under tight security at Tehran’s Fajr hospital and “there are currently no visits allowed for the victim, not even from her family”.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Hospitalisation of Iranian girl leads to claims against ‘morality police’Incident puts country back on edge a year after mass protests over death in custody of Mahsa Amini
Read more »
Armita Garawand: An Iranian teen is reportedly in a coma after attack by 'morality police'An teenage girl in Iran is in a coma following reports she was assaulted on the subway in Tehran.
Read more »
For Iranian refugees, French wine harvest part of anti-government ‘struggle’Swapping their state-enforced veils for T-shirts reading 'life' and 'liberty', a group of Iranian women who have fled to France now help make wine that traces its roots back to ancient Persia.
Read more »
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 589 of the invasionUS to transfer seized Iranian weapons to Ukraine; dozens of Ukrainian drones attack Russian regions
Read more »
‘The F-word, family’: the best quotes from the Tory conference on TuesdayThe Guardian gets a name check and a London Assembly member is kicked out for hecking Suella Braverman
Read more »
ASX 200 ends the day down on TuesdayThe ASX 200 ended the day down on Tuesday by 1.28 per cent. According to Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood, the stock market fell heavily as global bond yields moved higher. The move suggests more rate rises are set to come in the months ahead. Economists predict this will slow economies around the world even faster. “There are also fresh forecasts that America will almost certainly fall into recession,” Mr Greenwood said.
Read more »