Armita Abbasi expressed her hope that no one would be more concerned with her hairstyle and nails

In the hospital, clinical evidence of multiple, violent assaults was observed and recorded. It was also reported that security forces had shaved the hair off her head while she was in the hospital. In November 2022, CNN confirmed in an investigative report her repeated assault. Cases of systematic in prisons and violence by security forces have been documented for many years; however, the Abbasi case is one of the few that has brought international news and attention to this issue.

February 10, 2023 | 6:13 am