/ 06 October 2023

Iran back in the spotlight

epa10195345 A protester of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NWRI) gestures during a demonstration with her fist, while being covered by a placard, showing deceased Mahsa Amini, in front of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Berlin, Germany, 20 September 2022. Mahsa Amini, a 22 year old Iranian girl, who was arrested by the police unit responsible for enforcing Iran's strict dress code for women, she was detained on 13 September by the Iran's police and was declared dead on 16 September, after she spent 3 days in a coma.  EPA/CLEMENS BILAN
epa10195345 A protester of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NWRI) gestures during a demonstration with her fist, while being covered by a placard, showing deceased Mahsa Amini, in front of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Berlin, Germany, 20 September 2022. Mahsa Amini, a 22 year old Iranian girl, who was arrested by the police unit responsible for enforcing Iran's strict dress code for women, she was detained on 13 September by the Iran's police and was declared dead on 16 September, after she spent 3 days in a coma. EPA/CLEMENS BILAN

Almost a month after the first anniversary of the death of Irani woman Mahsa Amini (#SquizShortcut), rights activists have accused Iran’s morality police of beating a teenage girl into a coma for not wearing a hijab. CCTV footage shows 16yo Armita Geravand walking onto a Tehran metro train with uncovered hair. Moments later, she is shown being carried unconscious from the train by passengers. In a video released by state media, Geravand’s parents say their daughter fainted, but human rights advocates say she was subjected to “a severe physical assault” by authorities, and an unverified image shows her in critical condition in hospital… There are striking similarities to Amini’s death last year, which sparked protests that were said to be the biggest threat to the ruling regime since it took control of Iran in 1979.

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