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Manuel Augusto Moreno/Getty Images(LONDON) A 16-year-old girl s alleged assault at the hands of Iran s "morality police" is renewing criticism of the regime more than one year after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini sparked nationwide protests.
Armita Geravand, a student, was hospitalized in Tehran after an alleged encounter with police officers in a metro station southeast of the city on Sunday, journalists and human rights observers said.
Geravand is now in a coma, the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights reported Tuesday.
Islamic Republic officials deny there was an encounter between police and Geravand, claiming the girl fainted "due to low blood pressure."
The news of Geravand s hospitalization began spreading Sunday when London-based Iranian journalist Farzad Seifikaran wrote on X that the teen and her friends were stopped by police for allegedly not wearing headscarves. Seifikaran claims police pushed the girl down, she hit he ....
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