Student Armita Geravand did not wear a headscarf on the Tehran subway and may have clashed with moral guards. State media reported that she fell.
After an alleged confrontation with moral guardians, a 16-year-old Iranian girl has apparently suffered brain death, according to a media report. As Iranian news agency Tasnim reported on Sunday, despite her best efforts, doctors now presume that young Iranian Armita Geravand (Garawand) is brain dead.
The case of the 16-year-old student caused great outrage in early October. According to reports from human rights activists, the young woman was injured on a subway in Tehran during an argument with inspectors over a violation of Islamic veiling regulations and fell into a coma. She was not wearing a headscarf. State media denied violence by the moral police. The official statement said the student fell and hit her head because of low blood pressure.
Geravand’s fate reminds many Iranians of the case of young Iranian Kurd Jina Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by moral watchdogs in the fall of 2022 because of an allegedly ill-fitting headscarf. Amini fell into a coma and died. Her death sparked the worst protests in decades last year. Since then, many women have manifestly ignored the obligation to wear a headscarf. (APA)