16-year-old\u00a0 Armita Geravand is now hospitalized in a coma after passing out on a Tehran metro following an alleged confrontation with a hijab cop who argued with her for not wearing her hijab. Iranian opposition lawmakers have called for the release of exhaustive CCTV footage of the event that led to the incident, according to The Guardian.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Her case has been compared to that of a Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, 22, who reportedly died after being locked up by morality police for defying the strict Islamic dress code, provoking widespread demonstrations. <\/span>The discovery that a second young woman had fallen into a coma under mysterious circumstances was sufficient to incite discontent and fuel speculations that the Iranian government’s hijab enforcement officials were responsible for her injuries.<\/p>\n

According to an eyewitness, shortly after Armita boarded the train, a hijab enforcement policewoman began arguing with her since she was not on a headscarf. The observer informed the Guardian that, “the chador-clad woman screamed at her, asking why she was not covered. Armita replied, ‘Did I tell you to remove your headscarf? Why do you want me to wear one?’ Their dispute became heated, and the policewoman began physically assaulting Armita and… forcefully pushing her.”<\/p>\n

A second witness said the teenage girl was still responsive when she hit the ground, and the same hijab enforcement officer was waiting behind the vehicle that took her to hospital.<\/p>\n

In response to the allegations, the Iranian government has refuted any assault and claimed Geravand collapsed due to an underlying health condition caused by low blood pressure. The state-owned media IRNA, has released what it claims is surveillance footage taken at the Tehran metro station, yet with no mention detailing what transpired onboard the train, leaving much uncertainty as public outrage grows.<\/p>\n

On Thursday (October 4), Tehran downplayed increasing worldwide outcry, blaming the West for ‘insincere concern.’<\/p>\n

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