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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Arpan Rai

Iran back on edge as morality police blamed for ‘beating 16-year-old girl into coma’

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A teenage girl is said to be in a coma in Iran after she was allegedly assaulted by the country’s morality police, a little over a year after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini sparked nationwide protests.

Armita Garawand, 16, was left badly injured after she was confronted by female morality police officers at a metro station in Tehran, according to a human rights group.

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