The death of Armita Geravand, who was in a coma for weeks after an injury at a metro station in Tehran, has the potential to spark renewed anger and protests against Iran's mandatory headscarf law. Women in Tehran and elsewhere continue to defy the law as a symbol of their discontent with the country's theocracy. The Iranian government's enforcement of the hijab law puts the lives of girls and women at risk of severe rights violations, including violence and death.
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.
"Unfortunately, the brain damage to the victim caused her to spend some time in a coma and she died a few minutes ago," the IRNA report read. "According to the official theory of Armita Geravand's doctors, after a sudden drop in blood pressure, she suffered a fall, a brain injury, followed by continuous convulsions, decreased cerebral oxygenation and a cerebral edema."
Activists abroad have alleged Geravand may have been pushed or attacked for not wearing the hijab. They also demanded an independent investigation by the United Nations' fact-finding mission on Iran, citing the theocracy's use of pressure on victims' families and state TV's history of airing hundreds of coerced confessions.
Geravand's injury and subsequent death also comes as Iran has put its morality police -- whom activists implicate in Amini's death -- back on the street, and as lawmakers push to enforce even stricter penalties for those flouting the required head covering. Internationally, Geravand's injury sparked renewed criticism of Iran's treatment of women and of the mandatory hijab law.
Since those large-scale protests subsided, many women in Tehran could be seen without the hijab in defiance of the law. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the nation Saturday night that the military has opened a 'second stage' in the war against Hamas by sending ground forces into Gaza and expanding attacks from the ground, air and sea. He said it will only increase ahead of a broad ground invasion into the territory.
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