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The life of the teenager who was badly injured after being confronted by Iranian police is not going to be saved.
The girl, Armita Garawand, is said to have fallen into a coma at the beginning of October after an intervention by representatives of police whose job it is to ensure that morals and dress codes are maintained. On Monday, her father announced that there was no longer “hope for recovery”.
Anti-regime activists claim that 16-year-old Garawand was attacked by Iran’s so-called morality police in Tehran because they believed she did not follow strict dress codes for women. The father is quoted by the Norway-based human rights group Hengaw.
Hengaw also says the girl has not undergone any operations since she was admitted to hospital on October 1.
Iran completely denies the allegations of the subway incident involving female police officers. Iran has previously announced that the girl is “probably brain dead” according to state Iranian media, as a result of low blood pressure.
Iranian authorities are on high alert for possible increased social tensions just over a year after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while being held in custody by the country’s morality police. Amini was arrested in September for not wearing the mandatory veil correctly. Her death led to months of protests that shook the country’s government.