Posted on Oct 9, 2023
She entered the subway without a headscarf. What happened next?
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At 6:52 a.m., she took the escalator into a metro station in the Iranian capital of Tehran, her short, dark hair uncovered. Roughly 16 minutes later, the girl — identified by authorities and activists as 16-year-old Armita Geravand — was lying, seemingly unconscious, on the subway platform.
These details were gleaned from a patchwork of security camera footage that has been aired by Iran’s state broadcaster and reviewed by NBC News.
The grainy and soundless footage does not appear to be obviously manipulated, and appears to cover much of her time inside the station on Sunday, bar a gap of just under 90 seconds before she reaches the turnstiles.
However, the girl disappears from view during the crucial moment: a four-second period when she actually boards the subway carriage and ends up on the floor.
Human rights activists have called on Iranian authorities to release any security footage from inside the car itself, which a prominent Kurdish rights group has said would show government agents physically assaulting her for allegedly violating the country’s Islamic dress code.
These details were gleaned from a patchwork of security camera footage that has been aired by Iran’s state broadcaster and reviewed by NBC News.
The grainy and soundless footage does not appear to be obviously manipulated, and appears to cover much of her time inside the station on Sunday, bar a gap of just under 90 seconds before she reaches the turnstiles.
However, the girl disappears from view during the crucial moment: a four-second period when she actually boards the subway carriage and ends up on the floor.
Human rights activists have called on Iranian authorities to release any security footage from inside the car itself, which a prominent Kurdish rights group has said would show government agents physically assaulting her for allegedly violating the country’s Islamic dress code.
She entered the subway without a headscarf. What happened next?
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."A 'public relations crisis'
Most trains in Tehran have multiple security cameras that are viewable by guards, according to The Associated Press, leading government critics to question why it has not released footage from inside the car that would corroborate its side of the story. But Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency interviewed a conductor who said this train, number 134, did not.
“The door opened, three teenage students entered the train and just when they got in, seconds later she lost her balance and fell,” he said.
State media also ran interviews with people identified as Geravand’s parents, and what it said were friends who were with her on the day. They also said there was no encounter with morality police and that she had suddenly fallen.
Human rights groups have frequently accused Iranian authorities of forcing those involved in such incidents to deliver statements under duress.
Hengaw, an Iranian Kurdish rights group based in Norway, said Geravand fell into a coma as a result of injuries it said were inflicted by the morality police. “According to reports obtained by” the group, she was “physically attacked by authorities,” it said Tuesday."...
..."A 'public relations crisis'
Most trains in Tehran have multiple security cameras that are viewable by guards, according to The Associated Press, leading government critics to question why it has not released footage from inside the car that would corroborate its side of the story. But Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency interviewed a conductor who said this train, number 134, did not.
“The door opened, three teenage students entered the train and just when they got in, seconds later she lost her balance and fell,” he said.
State media also ran interviews with people identified as Geravand’s parents, and what it said were friends who were with her on the day. They also said there was no encounter with morality police and that she had suddenly fallen.
Human rights groups have frequently accused Iranian authorities of forcing those involved in such incidents to deliver statements under duress.
Hengaw, an Iranian Kurdish rights group based in Norway, said Geravand fell into a coma as a result of injuries it said were inflicted by the morality police. “According to reports obtained by” the group, she was “physically attacked by authorities,” it said Tuesday."...
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