Iranian Schoolgirl in Coma Sparks Outrage Over Alleged Assault by Morality Police
A 16-year-old Iranian schoolgirl, Armita Garawand, is reportedly in a coma after falling unconscious at a Tehran underground station. Kurdish-focused rights group Hengaw claims she was assaulted by female officers from Iran's morality police for refusing to wear the Islamic headscarf, while authorities say she fainted due to low blood pressure. Garawand, who hails from Kermanshah, is being treated under tight security at a hospital in Tehran, with no visits allowed. A female journalist who tried to visit the hospital was briefly detained. Iranian authorities deny the attack, but this incident follows the death of another Kurdish woman, Jina Mahsa Amini, in morality police custody last year, which sparked nationwide protests.
