Iranian Woman Left Unable to Walk After Hijab Violation, Claim Activists

Published on August 16, 2024

An Iranian woman has been left unable to walk after police opened fire on her vehicle over a hijab violation, activists in the Islamic Republic have claimed. Police had been ordered to impound Arezou Badri’s vehicle for showing her hair in public while driving, according to the group Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRA-Iran). Badri, a 31-year-old mother of two, has been left unable to walk following the incident and is now confined to a bed in a police hospital. The shooting occurred around 11 p.m. on July 22 along a coastal road in Iran’s northern Mazandaran province as she and her sister drove home from a friend’s house, activists say....

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