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.
You seem confused. The Shah was a relatively secular liberal. He was overthrown by the fundies who are in power now.
The argument is that if Iran had been allowed to keep its original government and not had one imposed upon it, the conditions that resulted in the Islamic Revolution would not have been created and the fundies never would have taken power.
yeah the person you’re replying to is sorta wrong, but also not
see, the CIA helped him hunt down and murder all the left opposition, both genuinely good and well intentioned puppets of moscow, so when his horrible shit finally pushed the people past their breaking point, the only people with any level of organization to create a new regime were THESE FUCKS. the CIA knew this was a risk, and SHOULD have known this was inevitable, after the shit they pulled.
and the shah was their puppet, put in after they took out the previously extant democracy. so saying the cia didn’t do this is like saying I didn’t break the delicate glass flower I threw at a wall.