Iranian teenager likely brain dead after alleged assualt by police
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00:00 This is still the only surveillance footage that has been released from October 1st, the
00:05 day Amita Jerevand boarded the Tehran Metro with friends, not wearing a hijab.
00:10 It is alleged that what followed was a confrontation with officers who were enforcing Iran's
00:16 strict mandatory dress code, a claim that authorities have denied.
00:20 The teenager was pulled from the car and hospitalised with severe injuries and is now reportedly
00:26 brain dead, according to Iranian state media.
00:29 There is still no footage publicly available from inside the train.
00:34 It comes just over a year after nationwide anti-government protests were sparked when
00:39 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman Masa Amini died in the custody of the Morality Police.
00:46 Her death triggered a history-making women-led movement in Iran, which garnered international
00:51 attention and posed serious challenges to Iran's rulers.
00:55 The European Union Parliament even awarded Masa Amini and the movement the annual Saharov
01:01 Prize for freedom of thought.
01:03 The world has heard the chants of women, life, liberty, three words that have become a rallying
01:10 cry for all those standing up for equality, for dignity and for freedom in Iran.
01:17 The news of Amita's condition also comes as journalist Nalufa Hamedi and Aleheh Mohammedi
01:22 were sentenced on Sunday to 13 and 12 years in prison respectively for reporting on the
01:27 death of Masa Amini - outcomes which are sure to reverberate among many Iranian women and
01:33 people across the globe.