Image source, IRNA Image caption, CCTV videofootage launched by authorities programs a lady being pulled unconscious from the city train By Ruth Comerford BBC News A teenage Iranian woman who fell into a coma after an declared run-in with morality cops earlier this month has passedaway, state media and activists state. Armita Geravand, 16, collapsed after boarding a Tehran city train on 1 October. Activists implicated morality authorities of attacking her for not using a hijab, however authorities firmlyinsisted she passedout. She passedaway on Saturday earlymorning after “suffering from brain damage”, according to state news company Irna. Borna news company, which is associated with the youth ministry, stated Armita had passedaway after getting 28 days of “intensive medical treatment”. There was no instant verification from Armita’s momsanddads. But Norway-based human rights group Hengaw, which focuses on Iran’s Kurdish ethnic minority, stated it had got a report that Armita had “become the mostcurrent victim of required hijab and has passedaway after 28 days of hospitalisation”. It called for an independent medical group from Médecins Sans Frontières and the Internatio
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