New details have emerged as 16-year-old Armita Geravand is fighting for her life.
16-year-old Armita Geravand is still in a coma after being brutally assaulted by a Hijab enforcer early Sunday morning, October 1, 2023. Her condition has not improved.
Armita’s family is under severe security pressure and they are not allowed to visit their daughter. Her parents and friends are silenced, and banned from reaching out to reporters.
Intelligence services have even visited Armita’s high school and intimidated the students, ordering them to stay away from news outlets.
Her mother was violently arrested on October 4, allegedly after attempting to enter the ICU to see her child.
The 16-year-old Armita Geravand and a couple of her friends boarded a train at Tehran’s Shohada Metro Station. Two witnesses have told The Guardian that there was an altercation, which led to Armita’s cerebral hemorrhage and loss of consciousness.
Excerpts from The Guardian:
A witness claimed that soon after Armita entered the carriage a female hijab enforcer started arguing with her because she wasn’t wearing a headscarf. “The chador-clad woman screamed at her asking her why was she not covered,” the witness told the Guardian. “Armita then told her ‘Do I ask you to remove your headscarf? Why are you asking me to wear one?’ Their argument then turned violent. The hijab enforcer started physically attacking Armita and … violently pushed her.”
Another witness said Armita was still conscious when she fell on the ground. Witnesses claimed they spotted the same hijab enforcer waiting behind the ambulance that took Armita to the hospital.
State news has not carried any footage from inside the train itself and offered no explanation on why it hadn’t been released. Most train cars on the Tehran metro have multiple CCTV cameras, which are viewable by security personnel. Opposition figures say the clock on the footage shows at least 100 seconds is missing.
[End of excerpts from The Guardian]
Other reports on social media identified the woman accompanying the parents of the 16-year-old Armita Geravand, during their interview at the hospital as Kowsar Jowhari. She is a teacher at Hazrat-e Massoumeh School in Shahriar and a member of the Basij in this city. She is not in any way related to the Geravand family.
Amnesty International issued a call on Friday, October 6, urging an investigation of the conditions of Armita Geravand by an independent fact-finding mission while the Iranian government is only trying to cover up.
Let us all pray for the recovery of the innocent 16-year-old Armita Gervand as she is fighting for her life and symbolizing the fate of young Iranian women who want to enjoy their fundamental freedoms.