A teenage Iranian girl who fell into a coma after she was allegedly assaulted by the country’s morality police for not wearing a headscarf has died, according to Iranian state media.
“Unfortunately, the brain damage led to the victim spending some time in a coma and they died a few minutes ago,” the statement from IRNA said. Earlier this week, Armita was declared “brain dead” despite the efforts of medical staff to save her.
“This request resulted in an altercation with the morality police officers physically assaulting Geravand. She was pushed, leading to her collapse,” Shekhi said. CNN could not verify the information published by Hengaw and Iranwire, who have in the past covered Iranian protests extensively. Iranian authorities have denied the allegations, saying Geravand was hospitalized due to an injury caused by low blood pressure.
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