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Just imagine, in the late 1970s, people in Iran dressed like Europeans. Now, women not only have to worry about the morality police beating and killing them for not wearing a hijab, they also have to worry about other radical citizens attacking them.
Over the summer, a mother of two was 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.