The image is astonishing. Filmed by a cell phone, an Iranian student walks in her underwear among her veiled classmates, in the middle of the campus of the prestigious Azad University in Tehran. She seems to be waiting for the inevitable: a few minutes later, she is arrested by the morality police of the Islamist regime.
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It was against the harassment of this same Basidj militia that the student, an activist of the Femme Vie Liberté movement, was protesting. The Iranian Fars agency reported the incident and published a blurred photo of the student. According to the agency, the young woman wore “inappropriate” clothing to class and “stripped off” after being warned by security guards.
Beaten during arrest
According to Fars, citing “witnesses,” the agents spoke “calmly” to the young woman and did not act aggressively. First posted by the Iranian student site Amir Kabir, the video was published by numerous Persian sites including the legal site Dadban, the human rights group Hengaw and the news site Iran Wire before spreading all over the world. social networks.
The video appears to have been taken by residents of a nearby building. Other images show the young woman thrown into a car by men in plain clothes. According to the Amir Kabir website, she was beaten during the arrest.
“The Iranian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release” the young woman, declared Amnesty Iran, branch of Amnesty International, on X. “The allegations of beatings and sexual violence against her during her arrest must be investigated. “an independent and impartial investigation,” adds the organization. The Femme Vie Liberté movement has been massively repressed by the Iranian authorities, with at least 551 deaths and thousands of people arrested, according to NGOs.
