Iranian teenager 'brain dead' weeks after subway incident, state media reports

A teenage girl who fell into a coma after an incident on Iranian public transport is brain-dead, state media in Iran reported Sunday.

Armita Gerevand, 16, was hospitalized on the morning of Oct. 1. The prominent Iranian, Kurdish rights group Hengaw, which is based in Norway, said she suffered a “severe physical assault” at the hands of government agents at a subway station in Iran’s capital, Tehran, for allegedly violating the country’s strict Islamic dress code.

Iranian authorities have denied there was an altercation and have said she fainted after a drop in blood pressure and hit her head.