Activists say an Iranian woman falls into a coma after being beaten by moral police
An Iranian teenager, Armita Geravand, fell into a coma and is in a critical condition after being beaten by moral police in the Tehran subway on Sunday (1), activists told Portal on Wednesday (4).
In a video shared by authorities, a person can be seen being carried off the train and left on the platform.
According to the Iranian Kurdish human rights group Hengaw, clashes broke out between Geravand and officials responsible for enforcing a dress code based on the country’s government’s interpretation of Islam. In Iran, women are forced to wear a veil that covers their hair and neck.
“We are following your case closely,” said one of the activists, who preferred to remain anonymous. “His relatives said there is a heavy plainclothes police presence at the hospital.”
The Iranian authorities denied the allegations.
“According to the videos that were analyzed, [a jovem] loses balance, probably due to the pressure drop, and falls right at the entrance of the train, half in the train and half outside the train,” said Masoud Dorosti, CEO of the company responsible for the Tehran subway.
The low quality of the footage provided by the government makes it difficult to identify the people seen in the images. Additionally, the recording does not contain a view from inside the train and there are cutting points in the video.
That’s why activists are now calling on the authorities on social media to publish pictures of the inside of the car.