Unveiling Oppression: Understanding the Attack on a Girl for Not Wearing a Hijab
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An Iranian teenager, Armita Geravand, who fell into a coma this month following an alleged encounter with authorities over her alleged violation of Iran’s hijab law, has reportedly been declared brain dead, according to Iranian state media reports on Sunday, quoted by the Guardian.
The Islamic Republic of Iran News Network stated that the latest updates on Armita Geravand’s health condition indicate that she is brain dead, despite the efforts of the medical staff.
Iranian authorities have consistently denied claims by rights groups that the 16-year-old girl was harmed during a confrontation on October 1st, when officers were purportedly enforcing the mandatory Islamic dress code on the Tehran metro.
This development poses a potential risk of reigniting countrywide protests, similar to the outcry sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman, while in the custody of the “morality police” in September the previous year. Her arrest, resulting from an alleged violation of the dress code, tragically led to her demise during her detention.
In a separate case, two journalists, Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, have received substantial prison sentences for their coverage of Mahsa Amini’s death, as reported by state media. Hamedi was sentenced to 13 years in prison, while Mohammadi received a 12-year sentence. The charges against them include collaboration with the US government and acting against national security.
The legal teams representing the two journalists have strongly refuted these charges. Hamedi was detained after capturing a photograph of Amini’s parents embracing each other in a Tehran hospital, where their daughter was in a coma. Mohammadi was arrested after reporting on Amini’s funeral in her Kurdish hometown of Saqez, which is where the initial protests originated.
Iran’s state news agency, IRNA, has highlighted that the “issued verdicts” can be appealed. If these verdicts are confirmed, the duration that the women have already spent in Evin prison, which is primarily designated for political prisoners, will be subtracted from their sentences, as stated by the judiciary’s Mizan news agency.
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