News Center- 31-year-old Arezoo Badri, mother of two, was driving home with her sister in the northern city of Noor on July 22 when police attempted to pull her over to confiscate her car, according to BBC.  

The driver did not comply with the order to stop, prompting the officers to shoot, the police commander in Noor told Iran's state-run news agency. The BBC source said the police officer first shot at the car's tyre before targeting her directly from the driver's side.

“The bullet entered her lung and severely damaged her spinal cord.”

After being initially taken to a hospital in Noor, Arezoo Badri was transferred to a hospital in Sari, the provincial capital, for lung surgery. A week later, she was taken to the Iranian capital, Tehran. The bullet was only removed after 10 days, according to the BBC source.

Arezoo Badri’s family is allowed only brief visits, during which their mobile phones are confiscated.