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Iran rights group says mother of hospitalized teenage girl arrested

Iran rights group says mother of hospitalized teenage girl arrested

AN Iranian rights group said that security forces arrested the mother of a teenage girl who was in a coma in a hospital following a confrontation with agents in the Tehran metro for not wearing the hijab. Iran's judiciary denied the report by the Iranian-Kurdish rights group Hengaw on the X social media platform. Iranian authorities also deny reports by rights activists that the 16-year-old girl, Armita Geravand, was injured on Sunday in a confrontation with officers enforcing the country's Islamic dress code, which requires women to wear a head covering. Hengaw said that security forces arrested Geravand's mother Shahin…
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