Iran arrests schoolgirl who stripped to protest dress code

Iranian authorities arrested a female student who protested alone in a public place by stripping down to her underwear on Saturday. Reports indicate that the action was intended to highlight the oppressive enforcement of Iran’s dress code, which requires women to wear headscarves and loose-fitting clothing in public.

Iranian authorities reportedly arrested a female student on Saturday after she stripped down to her underwear and staged a solo protest against harassment in front of her university.

According to many news outlets and social media channels outside, the unidentified woman was harassed by members of the Basij paramilitary force at Tehran’s prestigious Islamic Azad University, tearing off her headscarf and clothes. Iranian.

He later took off his clothes in protest and sat outside the university wearing only his underwear, and then defiantly walked down the street to the astonishment of passersby, seen in videos posted on social media.

According to the mandatory dress code in Iran, women must wear headscarves and loose-fitting clothes in public places.

The images, which were first published by the Iranian student social media channel Amir Kabir newsletter, were published by numerous Persian-language outlets, including the Hengaw rights group and the Iran Wire news site, as well as Amnesty International.

It appears that the images were taken by viewers in the neighboring building. In another video, he is seen being put into a car by men in civilian clothes and taken to an unknown location.

‘Cry from your heart’

Amir Kabir news release claimed that he was beaten during the arrest.

(AFP)