Biden Concerned Over Iran Shooting

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US voices 'deep concern' after reports Iranian police shot woman for breaking hijab law

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The State Department expresses "deep concern" about reports from Iran that police shot a mother of two in her car last month .

Rights activists say police opened fire on her vehicle as she was driving with her sister in northern Iran ’s Mazandaran province.

Activists have cited sources in Iran as saying police shot Badri because her car was under a confiscation order for her refusal to wear a hijab in the vehicle.

Iranian authorities toughened enforcement this year of an Islamist law that requires women and girls to cover their hair with a hijab.

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