A source told the BBC police shot at Arezoo Badri's car before targeting her directly.

A mother of two has been left paraplegic after being shot by Iranian police over an alleged violation of the country’s strict hijab rules, a source with knowledge of the case has told the BBC.

“She is paralysed from the waist down, and doctors have said it will take months to determine whether she will be permanently paraplegic or not.”

Arezoo Badri, 31, was driving home with her sister in the northern city of Noor on 22 July when police attempted to pull her over to confiscate her car.

The driver did not comply with the order to stop, prompting the officers to shoot, the police commander in Noor told Iran’s state-run news agency, without naming Ms Badri.

The incident comes after Iranian police announced a clampdown on women defying the nation’s compulsory dress code.

    • pyre@lemmy.worldEnglish
      252·
      4 months ago

      they still had the same religion. the US bringing down a democratically elected government to install their own puppet resulted in a far right revolution. you give people enough grievances, fascism will take hold. this is america’s doing.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
        52·
        4 months ago

        The revolution was originally broadly based. But the fundamentalist church had deep local roots while the progressive reformers still held ties to Western industry and finance.

        When the US started imposing harsh sanctions on Iran, in response to the revolt, we bankrupted the liberals and left power to the hands of conservative nationalists.

        We achieved similar results in Cuba, Venezuela, Vietnam, and North Korea. By dropping the economic hammer on the most moderate people in the region, we forced the country’s leadership towards the extremes.

        • pyre@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          4 months ago

          yeah i severely summarized the situation. maybe not a very good exercise but i really didn’t feel the energy to convince someone why coups on democratically elected governments by outside forces are bad.

          thank you for expanding a bit on that.

    • primrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.worldEnglish
      385·
      4 months ago

      they’re a fucking plague. every single fucking one.

      we’re plenty capable of sucking without them, but they make everything else.