Armita in Coma | Ahmad Garavand: I Have No Information About Her Condition; State Media: 'Project Mahsa 2'

While Armita Garavand's father states he has no information about his daughter's condition and has been in the dark for several days, a state media outlet claimed that the reports about the girl who fell into a coma due to the actions of mandatory hijab enforcement officers in the metro are a 'Project Mahsa 2.' The online newspaper 'Faraz Daily,' which operates in Iran, quoted Ahmad Garavand, the father of 16-year-old Armita, who suffered brain damage from being struck by mandatory hijab officers in the Tehran metro, on Wednesday, October 4: 'I truly do not have much information about Armita's condition. I am not at the hospital. I am at work. I have not heard from Armita for several days.' Ahmad Garavand also emphasized about his daughter's condition: 'I am not in the loop. As far as I know, she is in a coma. That's all I know.' Additionally, the website 'Didban Iran' announced on Wednesday that it contacted the 'Orovat al-Wathiq' vocational school, where Armita Garavand studies, but they were 'unwilling to provide explanations about Armita' and said 'the family of this student will face backlash.' According to this report, the 'Educational Deputy' of Armita Garavand's school only stated that 'we have been told that Armita Garavandi has suffered a cardiac arrest.' Meanwhile, the human rights organization 'Hengaw' announced that 'the security forces of the Ministry of Education, accompanied by a team of repressive agents of the Islamic Republic, threatened Armita Garavand's friends at the Orovat al-Wathiq school, telling them to refrain from any information dissemination about her, and if they share any photos of her, they will be dealt with severely.' In the absence of free media to report on Armita Garavand's condition, the state news agency ISNA, affiliated with the Academic Jihad, reduced the coma of this teenage girl due to the actions of hijab enforcers in the Tehran metro to a 'new subject' for free Persian-language media, claiming that they 'are trying to launch Project Mahsa 2.' This claim comes at a time when Armita Garavand's coma due to the actions of hijab enforcers in the metro occurred shortly after the anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death in the custody of the morality police. Furthermore, a journalist from the Shargh newspaper, who went to the hospital on Tuesday, October 2, to report on Armita Garavand, was detained for several hours, and reports indicate the presence of government repression forces around the hospital. Mahmoud Amiri-Moghaddam: Evidence suggests the Islamic Republic is covering up another crime. In addition, the Iran Human Rights Organization stated that 'currently, news dissemination is only occurring through the security media of the Islamic Republic, and Armita's parents have been forced to give coerced interviews about their daughter's condition in front of the television camera,' calling for an independent international investigation into this incident. This human rights organization, in a statement, noted that the incident of 'Armita Garavand going into a coma' occurred one year after the killing of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini in the custody of the morality police, calling for the international community to pressure the Islamic Republic to allow an investigative team to enter Iran and conduct an independent investigation into the incident of Armita's coma. The Iran Human Rights Organization emphasized that 'otherwise, the cover-up of another crime and the evasion of its perpetrators from responsibility will be repeated once again.' Mahmoud Amiri-Moghaddam, the director of the Iran Human Rights Organization, stated that 'the Islamic Republic continues to suppress and harass women under the pretext of combating improper hijab' and that 'the international community should not tolerate the gender apartheid system of the Islamic Republic.' Meanwhile, the Telegram channel 'Shahr-e Ma' reported on Wednesday about what it called 'the collection of hijab enforcers from metro stations' in Tehran, stating: 'Since Tuesday, there have been almost no police forces, known to the public as hijab enforcers, present at any of the metro stations and lines.' Tehran metro officials have yet to respond to this news. Furthermore, reactions to this incident continue on social media, with users on various platforms, including the messaging app 'X,' writing about her with the hashtag 'Armita Garavand.' Shahryar Shams, a civil activist in Iran, wrote that 'the mother, sister, daughter, or any of the freedom-seeking women around us are another Armita Garavand or Mahsa Amini' who 'just have not had their turn yet.' Previously, Prince Reza Pahlavi stated that 'the Iranian nation is still mourning and seeking justice for the murder of Mahsa Amini,' saying: 'The news of Armita Garavand going into a coma at the hands of the hijab enforcers of the Islamic Republic is yet another confirmation that with this anti-Iranian regime, the lives of Iran's children are in danger every day and every moment.' He emphasized that 'the Islamic Republic is once again engaged in spreading lies and cover-ups, just like in the case of Mahsa,' stating that 'Armita, like Mahsa, is a daughter of Iran' and urged the people to 'support her family in this difficult situation.' Prince Reza Pahlavi added: 'A year ago, brave journalists, through their follow-ups and reports, and brave people gathering in front of Kowsar Hospital prevented the Islamic Republic from covering up that crime. Now, we must not allow this regime to cover up violence and crime.' Citizen reports on Tuesday indicated that a teenage girl, along with her friends, entered line four of the metro at 'Shahida Square' station on Sunday, October 1, while not wearing a mandatory hijab, and after 'being pushed by the officers, her head hit a metal object,' causing her to lose consciousness. Masoud Dorosti, the managing director of the metro operating company, claimed that the 16-year-old girl lost consciousness 'probably due to a drop in blood pressure' and stated that no one, including metro officials, recorded any images of her being pushed. In a video released by the state news agency IRNA, there is no scene from inside the metro showing the moment the teenage girl lost consciousness, but her entry into the metro while her health condition was normal is recorded.