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A teenage Iranian girl, who fell into a coma earlier this month following an alleged encounter with officers over violating the country's hijab law, is said to be "brain dead", Iranian state media reported on Sunday.

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[–] [email protected] 118 points 11 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 48 points 11 months ago

Been sober for a good 15 or so years now. It's never too late to quit.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's unfortunately only an option if you're born in or live in a country that gives you that option.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It’s a very privileged position to come from but it’s still fucking wild to me the amount of influence religion still holds over the entire planet. It would be hilarious if it weren’t so terrifying

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

If only it was that simple

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


DUBAI, Oct 22 (Reuters) - A teenage Iranian girl, who fell into a coma earlier this month following an alleged encounter with officers over violating the country's hijab law, is said to be "brain dead", Iranian state media reported on Sunday.

Right groups such as Kurdish-Iranian Hengaw were the first to make Armita Geravand's hospitalisation public, publishing photos of the 16-year-old girl on social media that showed her unconscious with a respiratory tube and bandage over her head, visibly on life support.

There have been concerns by rights advocates that Geravand might face the same fate as Mahsa Amini, whose death in the custody of morality police last year sparked months of nationwide anti-government protests that posed one of the boldest challenges to Iran's clerical rulers.

Iran has denied that Geravand was hurt after a confrontation on Oct. 1 with officers enforcing the mandatory Islamic dress code in the Tehran metro.

Iran's theocratic establishment has imposed restrictions on women's dress since a popular revolution deposed the secular and Western-backed Shah in 1979.

Defying the strict Islamic dress code, more women have been appearing unveiled in public places such as malls, restaurants and shops across the country since Amini's death.


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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Religion is a fucking plauge that only serves to divide people. When has religion ever done the world any good? Its just sad...