Iran Says US, UK, Germany Express ‘Insincere Concern' over Iranian Women

FILE PHOTO: Passengers enter a metro station at the bazaar in Tehran December 8, 2010. REUTERS/Caren Firouz/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Passengers enter a metro station at the bazaar in Tehran December 8, 2010. REUTERS/Caren Firouz/File Photo
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Iran Says US, UK, Germany Express ‘Insincere Concern' over Iranian Women

FILE PHOTO: Passengers enter a metro station at the bazaar in Tehran December 8, 2010. REUTERS/Caren Firouz/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Passengers enter a metro station at the bazaar in Tehran December 8, 2010. REUTERS/Caren Firouz/File Photo

The United States, Britain and Germany express "insincere concern" over Iranian women and girls, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said on the X social media platform on Thursday.
Two prominent rights activists told Reuters on Wednesday a teenage Iranian girl was in a critical condition in a coma in hospital, after what they said was a confrontation with agents in the Tehran metro over violating the country's hijab law.
Authorities have denied the allegations by rights groups that Armita Geravand went into a coma on Sunday after a confrontation with officers enforcing the Islamic dress code.
There was no immediate response on Wednesday from Iran's interior ministry to a request for comment about the incident.
Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock had said on X: "Once again a young woman in #Iran is fighting for her life. Just because she showed her hair in the subway. It is unbearable."
Spokesperson Kanaani said: "Instead of interventionist and biased remarks and expressing insincere concern over Iranian women and girls, you’d better be concerned about US, German and UK healthcare personnel, patients and tackle their situation."



Helicopter Crash in Sri Lanka Kills Six Military Personnel

A US AH-64 Apache helicopter. Reuters file photo
A US AH-64 Apache helicopter. Reuters file photo
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Helicopter Crash in Sri Lanka Kills Six Military Personnel

A US AH-64 Apache helicopter. Reuters file photo
A US AH-64 Apache helicopter. Reuters file photo

A helicopter crash in Sri Lanka has killed six military personnel, an Air Force official said on Friday.

A Bell 212 helicopter had crashed into the Maduru Oya reservoir in central Sri Lanka with a dozen armed forces personnel on board.

Six died after they were rescued and rushed to hospital, Sri Lanka Air Force spokesman Group Captain Eranda Geeganage said.

"The helicopter was assigned to conduct a grappling exercise at a passing-out parade. Four special forces personnel and two Air Force gunmen died of their injuries," Geeganage told Reuters.

He declined to give details on the possible reason for the crash.