The Facts

• The shooting occurred on July 22 in Mazandaran province when Badri allegedly attempted to evade police who were ordered to impound her car due to a previous headscarf violation.A female student Saturday stripped to her underclothes outside a Tehran university in apparent protest against being harassed by Iran's moral police who reportedly ripped her headscarf and clothes. Video recordings showed authorities taking away the woman in a car.

• Officers first fired at the vehicle's tires before shooting into the car, resulting in injuries to Badri's lung and spine, according to Human Rights Activists in Iran.Personnel of the voluntary Basij paramilitary force — reportedly a part of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and a US-designated terrorist group — harassed the woman for flouting Iran's dress code. State-run Fars news agency said security personnel had “calmly” talked to her.