CNN —Activists on Wednesday accused Iran’s morality police of assaulting a teenage girl for not wearing a headscarf in a Tehran metro station, leading to her hospitalization with serious injuries.
But Iranian authorities and the teenager’s parents said she was hospitalized due to low blood pressure.
The CEO of the Tehran metro however told state media that there was no physical or verbal interaction between Geravand and members of his staff.
There was nothing recorded on the videos,” Tehran metro managing director Masoud Dorosti, told state media.
In a video posted on state-affiliated Fars News Agency’s account on X, formerly known as Twitter, a group of girls are seen entering the metro train.
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