Iranian women shot, paralysed for defying hijab rules

The Iranian police have shot Arezoo Badri over allegedly violating country’s hijab rules.

‘’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’’, said a BBC source

Mother of two, Badri was heading home with her sister when the police stopped her car to check whether she was complying with the hijab law. When the car did not stop, the police first shot the tires and then opened fire, targeting the driver’s side, according to the state-run news agency in Iran.

‘’The bullet entered her lung and severely damaged her spinal cord and the bullet was only removed after 10 days’’, the source said

Both police and BBC sources confirm that the car window was tinted.