Iranian teenager dead a month after she was allegedly subjected to police violence – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries

Armita Geravand has been in a coma in a hospital in Tehran for the past few weeks. Earlier this week it was reported by state-controlled Iranian media that she was brain dead. The 16-year-old girl is said to have been attacked by the morality police on a subway. They allegedly attacked her because she was not wearing a hijab. Surveillance video must show parts of the incident. The video shows a person being carried out of the subway. The surveillance video was published by the Iranian state news agency Irna. news cannot verify whether the video has been edited or cut in. The recordings do not show what is supposed to have happened inside the subway. The video also does not clearly show whether those in the video are wearing headgear. State media in Iran claim the cause of the injuries is that the girl suffered a drop in blood pressure and then hit her head inside a carriage on the metro in Tehran. Human rights group says morality police attacked Human rights group Hengaw, based in Norway, published a report on Geravand in October. The report concludes that she suffered the injuries as a result of an attack by the morality police. According to the report, she was also not allowed to have visits from her relatives at the hospital. The parents must also have been under “extreme control”. This is to prevent information from being published. The photo will show Armita Garavand in hospital. Photo: Hengaw Remembering the Amini death Geravand’s death comes a little over a year after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in the custody of the so-called morality police in Tehran. The death triggered a massive wave of protests that was put down with a heavy hand by the regime. Over 500 people have been killed, according to human rights groups. Narges Mohammadi received the Nobel Peace Prize this year. The Nobel committee’s justification for the publication was, among other things, that she fights for women’s rights in Iran. In Iran, women face systematic discrimination in both law and practice. They are treated as second-class citizens, especially when it comes to marriage, divorce, child distribution, inheritance and political office, according to Amnesty.



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