Western governments on Wednesday expressed concern after an alleged assault by Iranian safety forces had reportedly left a teen in coma, with Germany’s prime diplomat dubbing the incident “intolerable”.

A rights group additionally known as for a global investigation into the confrontation on the Tehran metro, simply over a 12 months after the demise in custody of Mahsa Amini who had been arrested for allegedly violating the strict gown guidelines for girls.

Armita Garawand, 16, was attacked on Sunday by female police officers, based on the Kurdish-focused rights group Hengaw.

Iranian authorities have claimed she “fainted” attributable to low blood strain, denying any involvement of safety forces.

Iranian authorities stay on excessive alert for any upsurge of social stress across the September 16 anniversary of Amini’s demise, which final 12 months triggered months of unrest.

The nationwide protest motion had rattled Iran’s clerical management earlier than dwindling within the face of a crackdown that based on activists has seen a whole lot killed and hundreds arrested.

“A young woman in Iran is fighting for her life again. Just because she showed her hair on the subway. It’s intolerable,” German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock wrote on X, previously Twitter.

Abram Paley, the performing US particular envoy on Iran, posted on X that Washington was “shocked and concerned about reports that Iran’s so-called morality police have assaulted” {the teenager}.

“We are following news of her condition. We continue to stand with the brave people of Iran and work with the world to hold the regime accountable for its abuses,” Paley added.

The case has develop into the topic of intense dialogue on social media, with a purported video of the incident stated by some to indicate Garawand, apparently unveiled, being pushed into the metro by police brokers after which an motionless physique pulled out.

‘Repression’

Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights urged “an independent international investigation… to establish the details” of the incident, accusing Tehran of “a long history of distorting facts and concealing evidence of their crimes”.

“The Islamic republic continues its harassment and repression of women under the guise of fighting mandatory hijab violations,” stated the group’s director, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam.

Hengaw stated that Garawand was being handled beneath tight safety at Tehran’s Fajr hospital.

It revealed an image it stated was of Garawand on her hospital mattress, connected to a feeding tube along with her head and neck closely bandaged.

Her dad and mom gave an interview to Iranian state media on the hospital “under considerable pressure” and “in the presence of high-ranking security officers”, Hengaw stated.

Baerbock stated the household shouldn’t should “be in front of cameras, but have the right to be at their daughter’s bedside”.

A resident of Tehran, Garawand hails from the town of Kermanshah in Iran’s Kurdish-populated west, Hengaw stated.

Maryam Lotfi, a journalist from the Shargh each day newspaper, sought within the aftermath of the incident to go to the hospital however was instantly detained, Hengaw stated, including she was subsequently launched.

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