A teenage Iranian girl who fell into a coma after an alleged altercation with morality police is now considered to be “brain dead”, state media say.
Armita Geravand, 16, collapsed after boarding a Tehran metro train on 1 October.
Activists accused morality police of assaulting her for not wearing a hijab, but authorities insisted she fainted.
There was no immediate confirmation of Armita’s condition from her parents or activists.
The teenager is being treated at Tehran’s Fajr hospital under tight security.
Many Iranians have drawn parallels with the case of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who died in custody in September 2022 after being detained by morality police in Tehran for allegedly wearing her hijab “improperly”.
Witnesses said she was beaten by officers, but authorities attributed her death to pre-existing medical conditions.
Anti-government protests, which are still taking place, erupted across the country when Amini died after three days in a coma. Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands detained in a violent crackdown by security forces.
CCTV footage released by Iranian authorities shows Armita Geravand, with her hair uncovered, boarding a train at Tehran’s Shohada station with two other girls. Moments later, one of the girls backs out of the train and bends down.
Source: bbc.com
