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A mysterious injury suffered by a 16-year-old girl not wearing a headscarf while boarding a Metro train in Iran’s capital has reignited anger just after the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini and the nationwide protests it sparked DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A mysterious injury suffered by a 16-year-old girl who boarded a Metro train in Iran’s capital without a headscarf has reignited anger just after the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini and the nationwide protests it sparked. What happened in the few seconds after Armita Geravand entered the train on Sunday remains in question. While a friend told Iranian state television that she hit her head on the station's platform, the soundless footage aired by the broadcaster from outside of the car is blocked by a bystander. Just seconds later, her limp body is carried off. Geravand’s mother and father appeared in state media footage saying a blood pressure issue, a fall or perhaps both contributed to their...

An Iranian teenage girl injured weeks ago in a mysterious incident on Tehran’s Metro while not wearing a headscarf has died DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian teenage girl injured weeks ago in a mysterious incident on Tehran's Metro while not wearing a headscarf has died, state media reported Saturday. The death of Armita Geravand comes after her being in a coma for weeks in Tehran and after the one-year anniversary of the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini which sparked nationwide protests at the time. Geravand's Oct. 1 injury and now her death threaten to reignite that popular anger, particularly as women in Tehran and elsewhere still defy Iran's mandatory headscarf, or hijab, law as a sign of their discontent with Iran's theocracy. Iran’s state -run IRNA news agency reported Geravand's death, without noting the wider unrest surrounding the headscarf law. What happened in the few seconds after Armita Geravand entered th...

Women in Iran will still be required to wear the hijab under Islamic Republic law, even if the country's government decides to abolish the religious police. Women in Iran will still be required to wear the hijab under Islamic Republic law, even if the country's government decides to abolish the religious police who were in charge of enforcing the dress code. Iranian Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri announced the country's morality police has been dismantled. The religious police were the authorities tasked with enforcing Islamic dress code, including the law that requires women to wear a hijab in public to cover their hair. However, the judicial system will keep monitoring people's behavior in the country, Montazeri said on Saturday. MORE: Iran accused of stealing bodies of slain protesters as families rush to reclaim loved ones Montazeri announced on Thursday that the parliament and the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution are studying the topic of hijab ...